Adaptation: A new concept in radiation biology and oncology and its clinical relevance

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 817-821

  Lin, Hsiu San ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; cross resistance; oxygen effect; oxygen tension; radiation biology

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; OXYGEN TENSION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; OXYGEN; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0030467643     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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