International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 385-393 , 1 June 2002

Altered proliferation and differentiation of human epidermis in cases of skin fibrosis after radiotherapy

  • Virginie Sivan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Service de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CEA, DSV, DRR, Evry, France
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  • Marie-Catherine Vozenin-Brotons, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Radiosensibilité, IPSN, IGR, Villejuif, France
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  • Yves Tricaud

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et d’Etude du Génome, CEA, DSV, DRR, Gif sur Yvette, France
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  • Jean-Louis Lefaix, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Radiotoxicologie, CEA, DSV, DRR, Bruyère le Châtel, France
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  • Jean-Marc Cosset, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Département d’Oncologie/Radiothérapie and Service de Chirurgie, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  • Bernard Dubray, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Département d’Oncologie/Radiothérapie and Service de Chirurgie, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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  • Michèle T Martin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Michèle T. Martin, Ph.D., Service de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 2 Rue Gaston Crémieux, CP 22, 91057 Evry cedex, France. Tel: 01 60 87 34 91; Fax: 01 60 87 34 98
    • Service de Génomique Fonctionnelle, CEA, DSV, DRR, Evry, France

Received 6 June 2001 ,Revised 17 October 2001 ,Accepted 23 October 2001.

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☆ Supported by CEE research Grant FI4P-CT95-0029, by the Comité de Radioprotection d’Electricité de France and by thesis grants from CIFRE/Oxykin Therapeutics and from the Ligue Contre le Cancer.

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International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 385-393 , 1 June 2002

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