[The action of gamma radiation and secondary proton radiation with 70-GeV energy on different mammalian cells].

Abstract

The sensitivity to gamma- and secondary proton (70 GeV) radiation was studied in fibroblast cell culture of Chinese hamster and NIH 3T3 mice and, with respect to survival rate, in lymphoma strains L5178 V-S and L5178 V-R. It was shown that RBE was high for radiosensitive cultures and that the major role in the final biological effect was played by the mode of the postirradiation processes rather than by the peculiarities of the primary injury.