# OnCo record linear-energy-transfer (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/terms/linear-energy-transfer/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "linear-energy-transfer" ;
  schema:name "Linear energy transfer (LET)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "LET"@en, "linear energy transfer"@en, "high-LET"@en, "low-LET"@en, "keV/µm"@en, "keV per micrometre"@en ;
  schema:description "How densely a radiation track dumps energy along its path. Sparse tracks (X-rays, most of a proton beam) are easier to repair; dense tracks (the proton's stop-point, carbon ions, alpha particles) punch clustered holes in DNA."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/linear-energy-transfer/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_energy_transfer> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_energy_transfer>, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.07.001> ;
  onco:tag "radiation-wave5" ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/proton-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/carbon-ion/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/imrt-igrt/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/targeted-alpha-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/bnct/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/intensity-modulated-proton-therapy/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/relative-biological-effectiveness/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/alpha-beta-ratio/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/alpha-vs-beta/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/oxygen-enhancement-ratio/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/bragg-peak/> .