I think the definition I found was from Perez and Brady.

The updated site page is here.

Only three years too late!

Radioresponsiveness: How the cells respond to ionising radiation
Radiocurability: Whether the tumour is curable with radiation alone - this is dependent on a lot of other factors.

For instance, small cell carcinoma of the lung is very radioresponsive but not very radiocurable.

Great website.. Has come in very handy.. I was wondering where you got your definitions for radiocurability and radioresponsiveness?

Thanks

• One of the important articles I reviewed is here, which mainly talks about control of cancer distant from the irradiated site

In summary, the abscopal effect is an umbrella term that includes all cases of effects occurring outside of the treated area, including 'distant bystander effects'.

i was wondering where you got your info for the abscopal effect? it's not indexed in any of the books i've read, and the distant bystander effect is the closest thing i can find, but that doesn't sound the same as the abscopal effect.

thanks