Basic physics / Robert J. Barish -- Cell survival / N.J. McNally -- Repair of sublethal damage and the dose-rate effect / Joel S. Bedford -- Effects of radiation on chromosomes / Charles R. Geard -- Radiation carcinogenesis / R.L. Ullrich -- Radiation biology of tumor subpopulations / David J. Grdina -- The effect of radiations on developmental processes / Alexander Wolsky -- The effects of radiation on the cellular components of the immune system / Erica De Bernardo -- Acute radiation syndromes / K.N. Prasad -- Applications of radiation biology in nuclear medicine / Harold L. Atkins -- Implications of radiobiology of clinical radiation therapy / Jay S. Cooper -- The application of particle beams to radiation therapy / J.R. Castro and Stanley B. Curtis