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. 2020 Dec 5;12(12):3658. doi: 10.3390/cancers12123658

Table 2.

Heavy ion RBE values for H1437 cells.

Column Helium Ions Carbon Ions
yd, keV/µm RBE (0.5 SF) * RBE (0.1 SF) * yd, keV/µm RBE (0.5 SF) * RBE (0.1 SF) *
1 10.4 ** ** 18.6 1.61 **
2 13.8 0.61 ** 36.2 2.22 1.79
3 19.1 1.00 ** 55.6 3.50 2.46
4 27.9 1.61 0.96 61.3 3.82 2.26
5 42.0 1.93 1.43 72.6 4.31 2.53
6 51.4 2.60 1.81 87.9 4.81 2.82
7 62.0 2.89 2.24 113.8 4.56 2.67
8 70.8 4.41 2.91 146.0 4.31 2.52
9 79.0 5.44 3.19 181.3 3.76 2.21
10 84.9 3.97 2.33 230.8 3.40 1.99
11 88.0 1.76 ** 263.6 2.12 1.24
12 84.7 ** ** 270.3 0.95 **

* refers to RBE at surviving fractions of 0.5 or 0.1. ** value excluded due to lack of data coverage. Abbreviations: yd, dose-mean lineal energy; RBE, relative biological effectiveness; SF, surviving fraction.