Human plasma antioxidant capacity during radiotherapy for lung cancer: A clinical study

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Erhola, M ^a   Nieminen, M M ^a   Ojala, A ^a   Metsa Ketela T ^a   Kellokumpu Lehtinen, P ^a   Alho, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Free radicals; Human lung cancer; Irradiation; Oxidative stress; Radiotherapy; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; OXYGEN RADICAL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA CHARACTERISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PEROXIDES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; URIC ACID; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032454043     PISSN: 03929078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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