Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 12-20 , January 2010

Normal Tissue Development, Homeostasis, Senescence, and the Sensitivity to Radiation Injury Across the Age Spectrum

  • Arnold C. Paulino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
    • Department of Radiology and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • ,
  • Louis S. Constine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Louis S. Constine, MD, Department of Radiation Oncology, James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 647, Rochester, NY 14642
    • ,
  • Philip Rubin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
    • ,
  • Jacqueline P. Williams, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

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doi: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2009.08.003

Seminars in Radiation Oncology
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 12-20 , January 2010

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