Prevention of cigarette smoke-induced lung tumors in mice by budesonide, phenethyl isothiocyanate, and N-acetylcysteine

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1047-1054

  Balansky, Roumen ^a,b   Ganchev, Gancho ^a   Iltcheva, Marietta ^a   Steele, Vernon E ^c   De Flora, Silvio ^b  

^a National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Budesonide; Lung cancer; Mainstream cigarette smoke; N acetyl L cysteine; Phenethyl isothiocyanate

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BUDESONIDE; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG ADENOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MICROADENOMA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEANING;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BUDESONIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 74049137804     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24942     Document Type: Article

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