Radiobiologic Parameters and Local Effect Model Predictions for Head-and-Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas Exposed to High Linear Energy Transfer Ions
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- 作者：Michael Beuve ; Gersende Alphonse ; Mira Maalouf ; Anthony Colliaux ; Priscilla Battiston-Montagne ; Patrice Jalade ; Emmanuel Balanzat ; Albert Demeyer ; Marcel Bajard ; Claire Rodriguez-Lafrasse
- 关键词：High-LET ion ; Carbon irradiation ; Argon irradiation ; Local effect model ; Head-and-neck squamous cell carcinoma
- 刊名：International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：1 June 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：71
- 期：2
- 页码：635-642
- 全文大小：260 K
文摘
Fossil fuels (i.e., petroleum, natural gas and coal), which meet most of the world’s energy demand today, are being depleted fast. Also, their combustion products are causing the global problems, such as the greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, acid rains and pollution, which are posing great danger for our environment and eventually for the life in our planet. Many engineers and scientists agree that the solution to these global problems would be to replace the existing fossil fuel system by the hydrogen energy system. Hydrogen is a very efficient and clean fuel. Its combustion will produce no greenhouse gases, no ozone layer depleting chemicals, little or no acid rain ingredients and pollution. Hydrogen, produced from renewable energy (e.g., solar) sources, would result in a permanent energy system, which we would never have to change.