TY - JOUR AU - de Vera, Pablo AU - Surdutovich, Eugene AU - Solov’yov, Andrey V. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/07/30 TI - The role of shock waves on the biodamage induced by ion beam radiation JO - Cancer Nanotechnology SP - 5 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Energetic ions irradiate the human body in different situations such as exposure to galactic cosmic rays and ion beam cancer therapy. Ions propagating through dense medium deposit energy on the nanometre scale, which cause large local doses in their tracks. This makes the mechanisms of the following biodamage different from that induced by photons. A distinctive feature of the scenario of radiation damage with ions is the potential hydrodynamic response of the liquid medium in the form of cylindrical shock waves around each ion's path. SN - 1868-6966 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12645-019-0050-3 DO - 10.1186/s12645-019-0050-3 ID - de Vera2019 ER -