Article
Abnormal phenotype of cultured fibroblasts in human skin with chronic radiotherapy damage.
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - 1 Jun 1998
Delanian S, Martin M, Bravard A, Luccioni C, Lefaix J L
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The pathophysiological aspects of radiation-induced fibrosis (RIF) have not been well characterized. We therefore cultured human fibroblasts from samples of skin with RIF to investigate the long-term effects of therapeutic irradiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Biopsies of normal and RIF sk...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Biopsy
- Blotting, Northern
- Breast Neoplasms
- Catalase
- Cell Division
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- Chronic Disease
- DNA Probes
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
