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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
With approximately 50% of all cancer patients receiving radiation therapy at some point in their treatment, increasing the sensitivity of tumor cells to the lethal effects of irradiation has the potential to significantly improve the rate of recovery from many malignancies. The major biological determinant of radiotherapy failure is tumor radioresistance. It is well known that tumors from the same histological group and stage of development are extremely heterogeneous in their sensitivity to radiotherapy. There are many factors which could affect tumor radiosensitivity. One cellular mechanism common to various therapeutic regiments, including radiation, is killing tumor cells via apoptosis. However, this killing is not always efficient. In this review the link between tumor sensitivity to radiation treatment and the capacity of tumor cells to be killed by apoptotic mechanisms will be discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-4827
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
248
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor radiosensitivity and apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Environmental Medicine, Division of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, S-171 77, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't