Oxygenation of tumor recurrences following fractionated radiotherapy of primary tumors: Studies on the rhabdomyosarcoma R1H of the rat

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 383-390

  Kehrl, Wolfgang ^a   Sagowski, Christoph ^b   Wenzel, Sören ^b   Zywietz, Friedrich ^b  

^a Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microvessel density; Recurrence; Rhabdomyosarcoma of the rat; Tumor oxygenation

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COBALT THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; IRRADIATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RAT; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 2642563769     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-004-1224-3     Document Type: Article

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