Spheroids in radiobiology and photodynamic therapy

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 179-192

  Dubessy, Christophe ^a,b   Merlin, Jean Louis ^a,b   Marchal, Christian ^c,d   Guillemin, François ^a,d  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c Departement de Radiotherapie   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell contact; Damage repair; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLONOGENIC ASSAY; COLON CARCINOMA; COLORIMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CARCINOMA; MELANOMA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SPHEROID CELL; TUMOR SPHEROID;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; MICE; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; SPHEROIDS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0033805518     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(00)00085-8     Document Type: Review

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