Monitoring Response to Treatment in the Development of Anti-Cancer Drugs Using Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 237-244

  Young, Helen ^a   Brock, Cathryn ^a   Wells, Paula ^a   Price, Pat ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Drug assessment; Positron imaging tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993711445     PISSN: 21684790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286159903300126     Document Type: Article

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