Abstract
Proton and photon (γ-) radiation is widely used in modern clinical practice for the treatment of malignant tumors of various locations. The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of accelerated protons is about 1.1, as follows from the results of experimental studies of clonogenic survival of tumor cells in vitro. But however, despite the low RBE of proton radiation, a number of clinical studies have shown a significant increase in relapse-free and overall survival of patients after proton therapy compared with that after standard radiotherapy using photon radiation. The mechanisms, on which the differences recorded in vivo are based, are of significant scientific and practical interest, but have been poorly studied.
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