Tumor cell radiosensitivity is a major determinant of tumor response to radiation

Cancer Research

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 8352-8355

  Gerweck, Leo E ^a   Vijayappa, Shashirekha ^a   Kurimasa, Akihiro ^b   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Chen, David J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STROMA CELL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MICE, SCID; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY;

EID: 33749007988     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0533     Document Type: Article

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