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. 2014 Mar 7;3:128. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-128

Table 3.

Dose modifying factors a for quiescent tumor cells relative to the total tumor cell populations

Treatment
<Net micronucleus frequency = 0.7>
γ-Rays only 1.85 (1.7-2.0)b
Neutrons only 1.05 (1.0-1.1)
BPAc (250 mg/kg) 1.5 (1.4-1.6)
BPA (500 mg/kg) 1.55 (1.45-1.65)
BPA (750 mg/kg) 1.6 (1.5-1.7)
BSHd (125 mg/kg) 1.2 (1.15-1.25)
BSH (250 mg/kg) 1.3 (1.2-1.4)
BSH (325 mg/kg) 1.4 (1.3-1.5)

a; Radiation dose required to obtain the net normalized micronucleus frequency of 0.7 in the quiescent tumor cell population in relation to the radiation dose required to obtain a net normalized micronucleus frequency of 0.7 in total tumor cell population.

b; 95% confidence limit.

c; Boronophenylalanine-10B.

d; Sodium mercaptododecaborate-10B.