A lung colony clonogenic cell assay for human malignant melanoma in immune‐suppressed mice and its use to determine chemosensitivity, radiosensitivity and the relationship between tumour size and response to therapy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 696-700

  Thomas, J Meirion ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; MELPHALAN; SEMUSTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CANCER GRAFT; CELL CULTURE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONE CELLS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0018701435     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800661007     Document Type: Article

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