Potential indicators of radiosensitivity in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Radiation Oncology Investigations

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 180-186

  Sheridan, Mary T ^a   O'Dwyer, Tadgh ^b   Seymour, Colin B ^a   Mothersill, Carmel E ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b MATER PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; c Myc; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Ki67; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE C MYC; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONOFILAMENT;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYCLIN D1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030803735     PISSN: 10657541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6823(1997)5:4<180::AID-ROI3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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