Radiation sterilisation of cultured human brain tumour cells for clinical immune tumour therapy

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 48-54

  Baureus Koch C ^a,c   Nyberg, G ^b   Widegren, B ^b,c   Salford, L G ^a,c   Persson, B R R ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Lund University Box 7031   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

137Cs rays; 3H thymidine; Glioblastoma multiforme; Immunisation; Interferon ; Mean lethal dose; MTT

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; GAMMA INTERFERON; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KARYOTYPING; LETHAL DOSE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; GENE THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERFERON TYPE II; RADIATION TOLERANCE; STERILIZATION; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 17444448390     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601467     Document Type: Article

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