Comparison of dose-dependent enhancing effects of γ-ray irradiation on urethan-induced lung tumorigenesis in athymic nude (nu/nu) mice and euthymic (nu/+) littermates

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Kobayashi, Shigeru ^a   Otsu, Hiroshi ^a   Noda, Yuko ^a   Ogiu, Toshiaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma ray irradiation; Lung tumor; Nude mice; Tumor acceleration; Urethan

Indexed keywords

URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; URETHANE;

EID: 0029915681     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01209651     Document Type: Article

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