In vitro evaluation of Taxol® combined with radiations in human squamous cell carcinoma spheroids

Cancer Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 23-32

  Griffon Etienne, Genevieve ^a,b   Merlin, Jean Louis ^a   Marchal, Christian ^a  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonogenic assay; Irradiation; Radiosensitivity; Spheroid; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PACLITAXEL;

ARTICLE; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MULTICELLULAR SPHEROID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PACLITAXEL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SPHEROIDS, CELLULAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030568079     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(96)04398-4     Document Type: Article

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