# OnCo record alpha-beta-ratio (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/alpha-beta-ratio/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "alpha-beta-ratio" ;
  schema:name "Alpha/beta ratio"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "alpha/beta"@en, "α/β"@en, "alpha-beta ratio"@en, "a/b ratio"@en, "alpha beta"@en ;
  schema:description "A number for each tissue or tumour that says how much it cares about the size of each radiation dose. Low (around 2 to 3): very sensitive to big fractions, like the spinal cord and prostate cancer. High (around 10): mostly cares about total dose, like most tumours."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/alpha-beta-ratio/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear-quadratic_model> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear-quadratic_model> ;
  onco:tag "radiation-wave1" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/alpha-vs-beta/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/linear-quadratic-model/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hypofractionated-radiotherapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/carbon-ion/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/linear-energy-transfer/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/relative-biological-effectiveness/> ;
  onco:trials <https://onco.cc/trials/fast-trial/>, <https://onco.cc/trials/start-a/> .