Ferulic acid modulates radiation effects in cancer cells ...
Subburayan, Karthikeyan
Cervical cancer is one of the deadliest cancers in women with a death total of 230, 000 worldwide each year, nearly 80% in developing countries. Radiotherapy (RT) is a major treatment modality for advanced cervical cancer but the local relapse rate is 30- 44% in patients treated with RT alone and 19-25% in patients treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. We have investigated the radiosensitizing effect of ferulic acid (FA), a naturally occu...