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. 2013 Mar 18;3:52. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00052

Table 1.

Summary of model parameters for the three cancers studied here.

Cancer α/β [Gy] α [Gy−1] β [Gy−2] m [day−1] R [cm] d [Gy] Max D [Gy]
Head and neck 10  0.35 0.035 ln 2/3  1.5 2.53 63.25
Brain cancer 12  0.3 0.025 ln 2/3.9 1.9 3.8 57.5
Breast 2.88 0.08 0.0027 ln 2/8.2 0.25 2.26 65.54

All radiation treatment schedules are standard treatments, with one fraction each week day and weekends off. Further references and explanations are given in the text below.