A characterisation of the radiosensitising effects of gold nanoparticles

Radiotherapy has been used for decades in the treatment of cancer however; the efficacy of radiotherapy is limited by the damage it causes to normal tissue. High Z materials have previously been used as contrast agents in imaging due to their favourable mass attenuation coefficients in comparison to...

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Main Author: Taggart, L.
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677841