Radiobiological investigations at tumor cell lines by exploiting   chrono-biological aspects of chronological dose distributions
  Using 31P-NMR spectroscopy the chronological behavior of the ATP-metabolism of the tumor spheroids C3H-MA, 9L-Gliome and the mono-layer L1210 has been analyzed via decrease of the {\beta}-peak. All three cell lines show characteristic periods, and a homeostatic control cannot be recognized. Essential components of these periods are circadian (i.e. one day), circa-semiseptan (i.e. 3.5 days) and circa-septan (i.e. one week). The determination of the survival fractions provides an optimum exploitation of radiation damages, when the ATP-concentration assumes a maximum value. This optimum is reached, when all three cycles exhibit the ATP maximum, which is only possible by accounting for the circa-septan rhythm. The goal of this study is to elaborate an optimal fractionation scheme with regard to the irradiation of tumors. 
W. Ulmer
physics.med-ph q-bio.TO