Selective Delivery of Boron by the Melanin Precursor Analogue p-Boronophenylalanine to Tumors Other Than Melanoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 138-141

  Coderre, Jeffrey A ^a   Fairchild, Ralph G ^a   Micca, Peggy L ^a   Joel, Darrel D ^a   Glass, John D ^b   Fand, Irwin ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BORONOPHENYLALANINE; BORON; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TARGET CELL;

ANIMAL; BORON COMPOUNDS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE; DRUG CARRIERS; GLIOMA; HUMAN; ISOTOPES; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEUTRONS; PHENYLALANINE; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0025056888     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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