Effect of simultaneous administration of Avemar® and cytostatic drugs on viability of cell cultures, growth of experimental tumors, and survival of tumor-bearing mice

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Szende, Béla ^a   Marcsek, Zoltán ^a   Kocsis, Zsuzsanna ^a   Tompa, Anna ^a  

^a Jozsef Fodor National Center for Public Health   (Hungary)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracyl; Adriblastina; Avemar ; Dacarbazine; Endoxan; Navelbine

Indexed keywords

AVEMAR; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; NAVELBINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; VERO CELL; WHEAT GERM;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVIVAL RATE; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 3142689713     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1084978041425016     Document Type: Article

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