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Xiao-Feng Li1, Joseph A O'Donoghue.
Abstract
Tumor hypoxia has been commonly observed in a broad spectrum of primary solid malignancies. Hypoxia is associated with tumor progression, increased aggressiveness, enhanced metastatic potential and poor prognosis. Hypoxic tumor cells are resistant to radiotherapy and some forms of chemotherapy. Using an animal model, we recently showed that microscopic tumors less than 1mm diameter were severely hypoxic. In this review, models and techniques for the study of hypoxia in microscopic tumors are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18384940 PMCID: PMC2460565 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.02.037
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679