Effects of progesterone on ovarian tumorigenesis in xenografted mice

Cancer Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  McDonnel, Anna C ^a   Van Kirk, Edward A ^a   Isaak, Dale D ^a   Murdoch, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Athymic mice; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG RELEASE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; INTESTINE TUMOR; LIFESPAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MESENTERY TUMOR; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR XENOGRAFT;

EID: 15244342463     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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