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Cytotoxic effect of paclitaxel (taxol) either alone or in combination with irradiation in two rat yolk sac tumour cell lines with different radiosensitivities in vitro

Y. SAITO N. MITSUHASHI T. TAKAHASHI H. SAKURAI M. NOZAKI H. ISHIKAWA S. NASU K. HAYAKAWA H. NIIBE Department of Radiology and Radiation Oncology, Gunma University School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi Gunma 371, Japan.
Pages 225-231 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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