Repopulation capacity during fractionated irradiation of squamous cell carcinomas and glioblastomas in vitro

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 743-750

  Budach, Wilfried ^a,b   Gioioso, Danielle ^a   Taghian, Alphonse ^a   Stuschke, Martin ^a   Suit, Herman D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glioblastoma; Radiation; Repopulation; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL KINETICS; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONOGENESIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIVISION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 0030882959     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00362-3     Document Type: Article

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