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. 1988 Jan;57(1):64–69. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1988.10

Radiation survival of murine and human melanoma cells utilizing two assay systems: monolayer and soft agar.

K H Yohem 1, D J Slymen 1, M D Bregman 1, F L Meyskens Jr 1
PMCID: PMC2246683  PMID: 3348949

Abstract

The radiation response of murine and human melanoma cells assayed in bilayer soft agar and monolayer was examined. Cells from the murine melanoma Cloudman S91 CCL 53.1 cell line and three human melanoma cell strains (C8146C, C8161, and R83-4) developed in our laboratory were irradiated by single dose X-rays and plated either in agar or on plastic. D0 values were the same within 95% confidence intervals for cells from the human melanoma cell strains C8146C, C8161, and R83-4 but were dissimilar for the murine cell line CCL 53.1 Dq values were different for all cells studied. The shape of the survival curve for all four melanomas was not identical for cells assayed in soft agar versus cells grown on plastic. This would indicate that apparent radiosensitivity was influenced by the method of assay although there were no apparent consistent differences between the curves generated by monolayer or bilayer soft agar assays.

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