The in vitro radiosensitivity of human head and neck cancers

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2371-2375

  Bjork Eriksson T ^a   West, C M L ^b   Karlsson, E ^a   Slevin, N J ^b   Davidson, S E ^b   James, R D ^b   Mercke, C ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Intrinsic radiosensitivity; Predictive assay; Radiotherapy; Surviving fraction at 2 Gy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031747832     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.394     Document Type: Article

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