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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Theodore a Litovitz, Washington, DC (US);
Patrick Mehl, Washington, DC (US);
Andrea L Cohen, Laurel, MD (US);
Inventors:
Theodore A Litovitz, Washington, DC (US);
Patrick Mehl, Washington, DC (US);
Andrea L Cohen, Laurel, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Enhancing the effectiveness of therapeutic ionizing radiation and other treatments of disease in which cells are to be destroyed or modified, by subjecting cells in need thereof to low-dose radiation to increase the sensitivity of the cells to subsequent subjection with a lethal dose of high dose radiation (HDR), a chemotherapeutic agent, or other type of therapeutic treatment.