Cell kinetics and tumor regression during radiotherapy in head and neck squamous-cell carcinomas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Corvò, Renzo ^a   Giaretti, Walter ^a   Geido, Elio ^a   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^a   Orecchia, Roberto ^a   Scala, Marco ^a   Garaventa, Giacomo ^b   Mora, Enzo ^b   Vitale, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL KINETICS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0029848935     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19961009)68:2<151::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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