Low-dose radioimmuno-therapy of cancer

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-175

  Pollycove, Myron ^a,c   Feinendegen, Ludwig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer prevention; DNA; Lowdose radiation; Mutation; Radiobiology

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; LIPID PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFESPAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG METASTASIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RECTUM CANCER; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; NEOPLASMS; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RATS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 48249122396     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327107083411     Document Type: Article

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