Individualisation of radiotherapy in breast cancer patients: Possible usefulness of a DNA damage assay to measure normal cell radiosensitivity

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-333

  Mariano Ruiz De Almodóvar, José ^a   Guirado, Damian ^a   Isabel Núñez, María ^a   López, Escarlata ^b   Guerrero, Rosario ^a   Teresa Valenzuela, María ^a   Villalobos, Mercedes ^a   Del Moral, Rosario ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cellular radiosensitivity; Normal tissue damage; Predictive assay; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SKIN MANIFESTATION; BREAST TUMOR; GENETICS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036225898     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00490-X     Document Type: Article

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