Correlation of epidermal growth factor receptor and radiosensitivity in human maxillary carcinoma cell lines

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 428-431

  Miyaguchi, Mamoru ^a   Takeuche, Toru ^a   Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a   Kubo, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colony forming assay; Grey value; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAXILLA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STAINING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031746850     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489850183566     Document Type: Article

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