Krarup M, Poulsen HS, Spang-Thomsen M. Cellular radiosensitivity of small-cell lung cancer cell lines.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1997;
38:191-6. [PMID:
9212023 DOI:
10.1016/s0360-3016(97)00245-9]
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Abstract
PURPOSE
The objective of this study was to determine the radiobiological characteristics of a panel of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) cell lines by use of a clonogenic assay. In addition, we tested whether comparable results could be obtained by employing a growth extrapolation method based on the construction of continuous exponential growth curves.
METHODS AND MATERIALS
Fifteen SCLC cell lines were studied, applying a slightly modified clonogenic assay and a growth extrapolation method. A dose-survival curve was obtained for each experiment and used for calculating several survival parameters. The multitarget single hit model was applied to calculate the cellular radiosensitivity (D0), the capacity for sublethal damage repair (Dq), and the extrapolation number (n). Values for alpha and beta were determined from best-fit curves according to the linear-quadratic model and these values were applied to calculate the surviving fraction after 2-Gy irradiation (SF2).
RESULTS
In our investigation, the extrapolation method proved to be inappropriate for the study of in vitro cellular radiosensitivity due to lack of reproducibility. The results obtained by the clonogenic assay showed that the cell lines studied were radiobiologically heterogeneous with no discrete features of the examined parameters including the repair capacity.
CONCLUSION
The results indicate that SCLC tumors per se are not generally candidates for hyperfractionated radiotherapy.
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