Modeling of chronic radiation-induced cystitis in mice

Purpose: Radiation cystitis (RC), a severe inflammatory bladder condition, develops as a side effect of pelvic radiation therapy in cancer patients. There are currently no effective therapies to treat RC, in part from the lack of preclinical model systems. In this study, we developed a mouse model f...

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Main Authors: Bernadette M.M. Zwaans, PhD, Sarah Krueger, PhD, Sarah N. Bartolone, MS, Michael B. Chancellor, MD, Brian Marples, PhD, Laura E. Lamb, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109416300355