INCREASED RADIOSENSITIVITY OF NORMAL TISSUE FIBROBLASTS IN PATIENTS WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME (AIDS) AND WITH KAPOSIS-SARCOMA

Authors
FORMENTI SC CHAK L GILL P BUESS EM HILL CK
Citation
Sc. Formenti et al., INCREASED RADIOSENSITIVITY OF NORMAL TISSUE FIBROBLASTS IN PATIENTS WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME (AIDS) AND WITH KAPOSIS-SARCOMA, International journal of radiation biology, 68(4), 1995, pp. 411-412
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
International journal of radiation biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09553002
Volume
68
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
411 - 412
Database
ISI
SICI code
0955-3002(1995)68:4<411:IRONTF>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Fibroblasts cultured from skin biopsies of patients with AIDS and Kapo si's sarcoma were found to be more radiosensitive than fibroblasts fro m non-HIV-infected-sources. This supports clinical observations of ove rt sensitivity to radiotherapy in some AIDS patients with Kaposi's sar coma.