Micronuclei and cell survival in human liver cancer cells irradiated by 25 MeV/u40 Ar14+

Table 1 Relationship between micronuclei and cell survival in irradiated liver cancer with single irradiation

Cultural time (h)	Dose (Gy)	NO. of scored cells	Frequency of micronuclei (%)	NO. of Survived cells (mm-2)
24	6.8	2008	4.83	235
48	6.8	2047	9.19	175
72	6.8	2150	21.72
96	6.8	1924	26.55	79
120	6.8	2096	17.45	129
24	68	1960	5.62	207
48	68	2150	3.00	158
72	68	2070	7.93
96	68	1975	14.69	107
120	68	2040	30.39	36

Table 2 Relationship between micronuclei and cell survival in irradiated liver cancer with fractionated irradiation

Cultural time (h)	Dose (Gy)	Times of irradiation	NO. of scored cells	Frequency of micronuclei (%)	NO. of Survived cells (mm-2)
24	68	2	971	5.13	213
48	68	2	1024	1056
72	68	2	964	12.79
96	68	2	1152	19.01	101
120	68	2	1060	23.02	90
24	68	3	974	2.47	250
48	68	3	1050		136
72	68	3	1000	12.00	109
96	68	3	1000	20.00	50
120	68	3	1116	16.13	59