Tumor vasculature is targeted by the combination of combretastatin A-4 and hyperthermia

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-320

  Eikesdal, Hans Petter ^a   Bjerkvig, Rolf ^a   Raleigh, James A ^b   Mella, Olav ^a   Dahl, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combretastatin A 4 disodium phosphate; Confocal microscopy; Hyperthermia; Pimonidazole; Tumor oxygenation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; COMBRETASTATIN A4; PIMONIDAZOLE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CELL CYCLE; CELL POPULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIOMA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STILBENES;

EID: 0035204801     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(01)00450-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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