Hydroxyurea treatment enhances metastatic cell adhesiveness: A possible chemotherapy-induced increase in metastatic potential?

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-430

  Smith, Tad ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell adhesiveness; Hydroxyurea; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; COLON TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL ADHESION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033111010     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199904000-00012     Document Type: Article

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