Radiosensitivity of human head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in primary culture and its potential as a predictive assay of tumor radiocurability

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 751-760

  Brock, William A ^a   Baker, Fraser L ^a   Peters, Lester J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; IN VITRO; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0024387759     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553008914552001     Document Type: Article

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