Gamma radiation and MC540 photosensitization of melanoma in the hamster's eye

Melanoma Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-124

  Kukielczak, B ^a,c   Romanowska, B ^b   Bryk, J ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber of eye; Combined treatment; Eye melanoma; Photosensitization; irradiation

Indexed keywords

MEROCYANINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CHOROID MELANOMA; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HAMSTER; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INJURY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032771705     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-199904000-00002     Document Type: Article

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