BCRB 2018

Modifying the steepness of the dose-response

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100

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Oropharyngeal cancer

80

Homogeneous patient populations with radiosensitivity equal to selected percentiles of radiosensitivity distribution in total population

60

40

20 Local con l (%) Local control (%)

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Biological dose (Gy) EQD2

Bentzen (1994)

Michael Joiner

Basic Clinical Radiobiology 2018

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