After radiotherapy testosterone stimulation is unable to increase growth in the dunning R3327-PAP prostate tumour

Urological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 357-361

  Granfors, Torvald ^a   Tomić, Radiša ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a   Rydh, Magnus ^a   Löfroth, Per Olov ^a   Widmark, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androgen substitution; Animal; Castration; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

METHYLTESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RAT; RELAPSE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; ORCHIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032725679     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002400050163     Document Type: Article

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