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Betulinic acid sensitization of low pH adapted human melanoma cells to hyperthermia

P. R. Wachsberger Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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R. Burd Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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M. L. Wahl Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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D. B. Leeper Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
Pages 153-164 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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