Responses of total and quiescent cell populations in solid tumors to boron and gadolinium neutron capture reaction using neutrons with two different energy spectra

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-88

  Masunaga, Shin Ichiro ^a   Ono, Koji ^a   Sakurai, Yoshinori ^a   Suzuki, Minoru ^a   Takagaki, Masao ^a   Kobayashi, Toru ^a   Kinashi, Yuko ^a   Akaboshi, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cadmium ratio; Micronucleus; Neutron capture reaction; Quiescent cell

Indexed keywords

BORON; BROXURIDINE; CADMIUM; CYTOCHALASIN B; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0031938590     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00483.x     Document Type: Article

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