Potentiation of radiation-induced growth inhibition by letrozole measured by clonogenic assay

Abstract

<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "Letrozole sensitizes breast cancer cells to ionizing radiation"</p><p>Breast Cancer Research 2004;7(1):R156-R163.</p><p>Published online 7 Dec 2004</p><p>PMCID:PMC1064115.</p><p>Copyright © 2004 Azria et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd.</p> With radiation alone the MCF-7CA cell survival fraction decreased in a dose-dependent manner, which was significantly potentiated by the addition of 0.7 μM letrozole. For 2 Gy radiation, the surviving fraction was 0.66 with radiation alone and was 0.46 with the addition of letrozole (= 0.02). For 3 Gy radiation, the corresponding surviving fractions were 0.4 and 0.18, respectively (= 0.02)