Impaired DNA repair as assessed by the 'comet' assay in patients with thyroid tumors after a history of radiation therapy: A preliminary study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1019-1026

  Leprat, Frederic ^a,c   Alapetite, Claire ^a,b   Rosselli, Filippo ^a   Ridet, Agnès ^a   Schlumberger, Martin ^d   Sarasin, Alain ^c   Suarez, Horacio G ^c   Moustacchi, Ethel ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c UPR 42   (France)

^d INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Blood leukocytes; DNA damage; Radiation induced; Single cell gel electrophoresis assay; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032520973     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00914-0     Document Type: Article

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