Fundamental and clinical studies on cancer control with total or upper half body irradiation

Journal of JASTRO

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-175

  Sakamoto, Kiyohiko ^a   Myojin, Miyako ^a   Hosoi, Yoshio ^a   Ogawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Nemoto, Kenji ^a   Takai, Yoshihiro ^a   Kakuto, Yoshihisa ^a   Yamada, Shogo ^a   Watabe, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunological response; Lymphoma; Murine squamous cell carcinoma; Non Hodgikin s; TD50; Total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014497046     PISSN: 10409564     EISSN: 18819885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11182/jastro1989.9.161     Document Type: Article

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