D50 in medicine is the half-maximal dose: the dose that produces 50% of the maximum response.[1] It may specifically refer to the radiation dose required to achieve a 50% tumor control probability.[2]

See also

  • LD50, is the dose required to kill half the members of a tested population after a specified test duration.

References

  1. ↑ H Gregerson; S Lindkaer Jensen; F Moody (1996). Essentials of Experimental Surgery: Gastroenterology. p. 19-3. ISBN 3-7186-5496-2.
  2. ↑ Lawrence S. Chin; William F. Regine (2010). Principles and Practice of Stereotactic Radiosurgery. p. 636. ISBN 978-0-387-71070-9.
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