Recombinant human erythropoietin increases the radiosensitivity of xenografted human tumours in anaemic nude mice

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 346-350

  Stuben G ^a   Thews, O ^b   Pottgen C ^a   Knuhmann K ^a   Vaupel, P ^b   Stuschke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Erythropoietin; Human tumour xenografts; Hypoxia; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOXIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; TUMOR XENOGRAFT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL HYPOXIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 0035017208     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320000215     Document Type: Article

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