Therapeutic potential of paclitaxel-radiation treatment of a murine ovarian carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-170

  Milas, Luka ^a,b   Saito, Yoshihiro ^a,c   Hunter, Nancy ^a   Milross, Christopher G ^a   Mason, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Jejunum; Ovarian carcinoma; Paclitaxel; Radioresponse

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIZATION;

EID: 0030220881     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(96)01778-1     Document Type: Article

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