Modelling Radiation Effects In The Gastrointestinal Epithelium. Applications to Radiotherapy Scheduling Optimisation

John P. Ward1, Margarita Zachariou2, Beatriz Stransky3, Andrew J. Narracott4, David E. Morris10, Yuji Shen5, Raul Alcantara6, Malik Z. Ullah7, John R. King2, Alastair J. Munro8,?, Ingeborg M.M. van Leeuwen8,9,? 1 Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University; 2 School of Mathematics, University of Nottingham; 3 University of Sao Paulo; 4 Medical Physics Group, University of Sheffield; 5 University of Birmingham; 6 Institut Municipal D’investigacio Medica (IMIM), Barcelona; 7 Blekinge Institute of Technology; 8 Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, University of Dundee; 9 Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm; 10 Division of Electrical Systems and Optics, University of Nottingham ? = proposers of the problem

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