The effects of tamoxifen on radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis in Wistar albino rats: Results of an experimental study

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-459

  Bese, Nuran Senel ^a   Umay, Cenk ^a   Yildirim, Sukru ^b   Ilvan, Sennur ^a   Dirican, Ahmet ^a   Salar, Seda ^a   Altug, Tuncay ^c   Ober, Ahmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Pulmonary fibrosis; Rats; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; TAMOXIFEN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; LUNG; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; LUNG; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 33744531766     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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