Radiosensitivity of normal fibroblasts from breast cancer patients assessed by the micronucleus and colony assays

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 671-678

  Johansen, J ^a   Streffer, C ^c   Fuhrmann, C ^c   Bentzen, S M ^a   Stausbol GrOn B ^a   Overgaard, M ^b   Overgaard, J ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYTOCHALASIN B; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN;

EID: 0031854811     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141924     Document Type: Article

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