Tumor cell repopulation during conventional and accelerated radiotherapy in the in vitro megacolony culture

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1074-1081

  Tarnawski, Rafal ^a   Widel, Maria ^a   Skladowski, Krzysztof ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accelerated radiotherapy; Cytogenetic damage; Treatment gaps; Tumor repopulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELLS; GAMMA RAYS; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION DAMAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

CELL REPOPULATION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CELL; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELL KINETICS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DOSE RESPONSE; EPITHELIUM; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRRADIATION; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037443440     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04471-1     Document Type: Article

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