Morphometric and Colorimetrie Analyses of Human Tumor Cell Line Growth and Drug Sensitivity in Soft Agar Culture

Cancer Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 1247-1256

  Rubinstein, L R ^b,c   Pacula Cox, C M ^a   Hursey, M L ^a   Boyd, M R ^a  

^a Developmental Therapeutics Program ^*  (United States)

^b Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MITOMYCIN C; VINBLASTINE SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COLONY FORMATION; COLORIMETRY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL;

BLEOMYCIN; CARMUSTINE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DACTINOMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXORUBICIN; DRUG TOLERANCE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MITOMYCIN; MITOMYCINS; NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 0025854476     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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