The early supra-additive apoptotic response of R3327-G prostate tumors to androgen ablation and radiation is not sustained with multiple fractions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 153-158

  Pollack, Alan ^a   Ashoori, Faramarz ^b   Sikes, Charles ^b   Lim Joon, Daryl ^b   Von Eschenbach, Andrew C ^a   Zagars, Gunar K ^a   Meistrich, Marvin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen ablation; Apoptosis; Prostate cancer; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL KILLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; ORCHIECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033981306     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00387-9     Document Type: Article

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