Oxygen tension and vascular density in human cervix carcinoma

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1559-1563

  Lyng, H ^a   Sundfor K ^b   Trope C ^b   Rofstad, E K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervix carcinoma; Oxygen tension; Predictive assay; Radiotherapy; Vascular density

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STEREOMETRY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029953463     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.589     Document Type: Article

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