Principles of chemoradiation: Theoretical and practical considerations

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 13, Issue 10 SUPPL. 5, 1999, Pages 11-22

  Herscher, Laurie L ^a   Cook, John A ^a   Pacelli, Roberto ^b   Pass, Harvey I ^c   Russo, Angelo ^d   Mitchell, James B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PACLITAXEL; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL CYCLE; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0033212165     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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