Study of the effects of dispase in the chemotherapy of multicellular tumour spheroids of small-cell lung carcinoma in man

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Matsuoka, Hidehito ^a   Okada, Masayoshi ^a   Ishii, Noboru ^a   Maeda, Sakan ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; DISPASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MONOLAYER CULTURE; TUMOR SPHEROID;

EID: 0031891228     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1998.tb06862.x     Document Type: Article

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