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Administration of growth factors promotes salisphere formation from irradiated parotid salivary glands

Worldwide, 500,000 cases of head and neck cancer (HNC) are reported each year and the primary treatment for HNC is radiotherapy. Although the goal of radiotherapy is to target the tumor, secondary exposure occurs in surrounding normal tissues, such as the salivary glands. As a result, despite succes...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Vicky T., Dawson, Peter, Zhang, Qionghui, Harris, Zoey, Limesand, Kirsten H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5873995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29590144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193942