Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 198101 (2008) [4 pages]Role of Secondary Low-Energy Electrons in the Concomitant Chemoradiation Therapy of Cancer
Solid films of DNA with and without the chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin bonded to guanine were bombarded with electrons of 1, 10, 100, and 60 000 eV causing single and double strand breaks. In the presence of cisplatin this damage was increased by factors varying from 1.3 to 4.4 owing to an increase in bond dissociation triggered by the formation of transient anions. This mechanism may lie at the basis of the efficiency of concomitant cisplatin-radiation therapy. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.198101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.198101
PACS:
87.55.−x, 34.50.Gb, 34.80.Ht
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