Detection of different tumor growth kinetics in single transgenic mice with oncogene-induced mammary carcinomas by flat-panel volume computed tomography

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-70

  Jannasch, Katharina ^a   Dullin, Christian ^a   Heinlein, Christina ^b,d   Krepulat, Frauke ^b   Wegwitz, Florian ^b   Deppert, Wolfgang ^b   Alves, Frauke ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flat panel volume computed tomography; In vivo imaging; Murine transgenic tumor models; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

IOTROLAN; MILK PROTEIN; WHEY ACIDIC PROTEINS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; GENETICS; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; KINETICS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MILK PROTEINS; ONCOGENES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 66149106276     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24332     Document Type: Article

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