Blood flow and oxygenation status of human tumors: Clinical investigations

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Feldmann, Horst J ^a   Molls, Michael ^b   Vaupel, Peter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood perfusion; Modulation of tumor oxygenation; Oxygenation of human tumors; Prognostic significance

Indexed keywords

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RESISTANCE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032905752     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02743452     Document Type: Review

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