Tirapazamine plus cisplatin and irradiation in a mouse model: Improved tumor control at the cost of increased toxicity

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Adam, Markus ^a,c   Bayer, Christine ^b   Henke, Julia ^b   Grosu, Anca ^b   Molls, Michael ^b   Nieder, Carsten ^b  

^a Radiotherapy Practice Weilheim   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Praxis für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Dose fractionation; Growth delay; Mouse tumors; Radiotherapy; Tirapazamine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; TIRAPAZAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE MODEL; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; IRRADIATION; LIVER TOXICITY; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; SARCOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; STOMACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAZINES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 36849082952     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-007-0260-7     Document Type: Article

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