Comparison between the comet assay and the oxygen microelectrode for measurement of tumor hypoxia

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-185

  Aquino Parsons, Christina ^a   Luo, Chenmei ^a   Vikse, Charlene M ^a   Olive, Peggy L ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Oxygen electrode; Tumour hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL HYPOXIA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, NEOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROELECTRODES; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032988222     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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