Terminology in the description of drug-radiation interactions.

The terminology of interactions in the response of normal tissues and tumors to combined modality therapy is considered. A system of terms is proposed which depend not only on the type of response observed but also on the strength of experimental data on which the response is based. Two examples are given of the isobologram approach to the identification of sub-additive or supra-additive responses.

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