RADIATION-THERAPY OF 9L RAT-BRAIN TUMORS
RADIATION-THERAPY OF 9L RAT-BRAIN TUMORS
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DOI:
10.1016/0360-3016(81)90136-x
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
7
通讯作者:
MORANTZ, RA
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作者:
HENDERSON, SD;KIMLER, BF;MORANTZ, RA
The effects of radiation therapy on normal rats and on rats burdened with 9L brain tumor cells were studied. The heads of normal rats were X-irradiated with single exposures ranging from 1000-2700 R. Following acute exposures > 2100 R, all animals died in 8-12 days. Approximately 30% of the animals survived beyond 12 days over the range of 1850-1950 R; following exposures < 1850 R, all animals survived the acute radiation effects; median survival times (MST) increased with decreasing exposure. The following 3 fractionated radiation schedules were also studied: 2100 R or 3000 R in 10 equal fractions, and 3000 R in 6 equal fractions, each schedule being administered over a 2 wk period. The 1st schedule produced a MST of > 1 1/2 yr; the other schedules produced MST that were lower (192 and 145 days, respectively). By applying a factor of 1.9, similar survival responses of normal rats were obtained with single as with fractionated radiation 18-28 days after tumor inoculation. Single and fractionated radiation therapy resulted in a prolongation of survival of tumor-burdened rats. This prolongation was linearly dependent upon the dose; but only minimally dependent upon the time after inoculation (7-12 days) at which therapy was initiated, or upon the fractionation schedule that was used. As with normal animals, similar responses were obtained with single as with fractionated exposures when a factor (1.9) was applied. All tumor-bearing animals died prior to the time that death was observed in normal, irradiated rats. Thus, the 9L gliosarcoma rat brain tumor model can be used for the preclinical experimental investigation of new therapeutic schedules involving radiation therapy and adjuvant therapies.