The Km for radiosensitization of human tumor cells by oxygen is much greater than 3 mmHg and is further increased by elevated levels of cysteine

Radiation Research

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 388-398

  Horan, A D ^a   Koch, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTINE; GLUTATHIONE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL HYPOXIA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLON CANCER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIZATION; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

EID: 0034807497     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2001)156[0388:TKMFRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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