Chromosomal aberrations, DNA strand breaks and gene mutations in nasopharyngeal cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 504, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 85-90

  Cao, Jia ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Sun, Huaming ^a   Cheng, Guohua ^a   Pang, Xueli ^a   Zhou, Ziyuan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberration; Comet assay; Hprt Gene; Micronucleus test; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL ASSAY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MUCOSA CELL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0037173412     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(02)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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