Radiation sensitivity of leukocytes from healthy individuals and breast cancer patients as measured by the alkaline and neutral comet assay

Cancer Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-273

  Shahidi, Maryam ^a   Mozdarani, Hossein ^a   Bryant, Peter E ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer patients; Comet assay; DNA damage; Leukocytes; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLS, CULTURED; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35148876225     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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