The chemopreventive agent curcumin is a potent radiosensitizer of human cervical tumor cells via increased reactive oxygen species production and overactivation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.

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Published in Mol Pharmacol on February 05, 2008

Authors

Prashanthi Javvadi1, Andrew T Segan, Stephen W Tuttle, Constantinos Koumenis

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

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