Microvascular and tumor cell alterations during continuous hyperfractionated irradiation: An electron microscopic investigation on the rat R1H rhabdomyosarcoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 895-904

  Lorke, Dietrich E ^a   Wenzel, Sören ^a   Siebert, Klaus ^a   Zywietz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous hyperfractionated irradiation; Rat rhabdomyosarcoma; Tumor capillaries; Tumor stroma; Tumor vasculature; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RAT; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAPILLARIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RATS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 0032982163     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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