The role of pentoxifylline as a modifier of radiation therapy

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 448-455

  Nieder, Carsten ^a   Zimmermann, Frank B ^a   Adam, Markus ^a   Molls, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Pentoxifylline; Radioprotector; Radiosensitizer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTOKINE; METHYLXANTHINE DERIVATIVE; MITOMYCIN C; NICOTINAMIDE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PLACEBO; PROTEIN P53; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MYOFIBROSIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHUMAN; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIOSENSITIZATION; REVIEW; SKIN FIBROSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRISMUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 27544461145     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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