Growth and radiosensitivity testing of human tumour cells using the adhesive tumour cell culture system

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 935-941

  Parkins, C S ^a   Steel, G G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 0025641764     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1990.413     Document Type: Article

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