Lymphocyte radiosensitivity correlated with pelvic radiotherapy morbidity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 222-229

  Lee, Tung Kwang ^a   Allison, Ron R ^a   O'Brien, Kevin F ^b   Johnke, Roberta M ^a   Christie, Karen I ^a   Naves, James L ^a   Kovacs, Charles J ^a   Arastu, Hyder ^a   Karlsson, Ulf L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; Micronuclei; Morbidity; Prostate cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PATIENT POPULATION;

ONCOLOGY;

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0041564002     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00411-5     Document Type: Article

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