Irradiation of human tumor tissue cultures: Optimizing ion radiation therapy

Future Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 489-491

  Merz, Felicitas ^a   Bechmann, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

glioblastoma; heavy ion irradiation; human test system; replacement of animal experiments; species difference; tumor slice culture

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HEAVY ION; TGN 1412;

BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL DEATH; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG SAFETY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONSIL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR CELL;

DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RADIATION TOLERANCE;

EID: 79953690229     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.11.18     Document Type: Review

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