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Q1. Cell survival curves Suppose you did an experiment to generate a cell survival curve. a) Describe what...

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Q1. Cell survival curves

Suppose you did an experiment to generate a cell survivalcurve.

a) Describe what steps you would take to do the experiment.

b) What is meant by plating efficiency?

c) In your experiment you irradiate cells using 6 MV photons ona linear accelerator. You collect the data shown in the tablebelow. Plot cell survival as a function of dose and use thelinear-quadratic model to fit the data.

d) Determine the alpha/beta ratio from the curve fit. Is this anearly responding or late responding cell line?

Number of cells plated

Number of colonies counted

Dose (Gy)

100

75

0

400

255

2

400

180

5

1000

150

10

10000

90

20

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A You start by preparing the cells to either be the controlgroup or be one of the treatment groups You plate some cells forthe control group and then you prepare some moer plates dependingon the number of treatments you want to apply that would be oneplate    See Answer
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