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Cisplatin and radiation sensitivity in human head and neck squamous carcinomas are independently modulated by glutathione and transcription factor NF-?B
1 Jan 2000
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BACKGROUND: Response to neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy has been used to predict overall response to chemoradiation therapy and to select patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) for organ preservation therapy in NCI and VA cooperative group trials. However, different molecular determinants have been reported to contribute to sensitivity of cells to cisplatin and radiation, including...
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