The radiosensitivity of human fibroblast cell lines correlates with residual levels of DNA double-strand breaks

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-276

  Zhou, Ping Kun ^a,b   Sproston, Anthony R M ^a   Marples, Brian ^a   West, Catherine M L ^a   Margison, Geoffrey P ^a   Hendry, Jolyon H ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; Electrophoresis; Predictive assays; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL SURVIVAL; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PROBES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIODERMATITIS;

EID: 0031777393     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00200-4     Document Type: Article

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