Induction of lethal mutations in experimental tumours after single and fractionated irradiations in vivo.

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Induction of lethal mutations in experimental tumours after single and fractionated irradiations in vivo.

International journal of radiation biology - 1 Jul 1998

Chatterjee A, Rojas A, Hodgkiss R J

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PURPOSE: To investigate the prolonged reduction in cellular viability (lethal mutations) of surviving cells following irradiation of tumours in vivo and to test the effects of fractionation on the expression of lethal mutations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A mouse mammary carcinoma (CaNT) was treated...

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Animals
Cell Division
Cell Survival
Clone Cells
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Male
Mice
Mutation
Neoplasms, Experimental
Radiation, Ionizing
Tumor Cells, Cultured
X-Rays

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