A moderate elevation of blood glucose level increases the effectiveness of thermoradiotherapy in a rat tumor model. II. Improved tumor control at clinically achievable temperatures

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 793-801

  Van den Berg, Ad P ^a,b,e   Van den Berg Blok, Anneke E ^c   Kal, Henk B ^c,d   Reinhold, Huib S ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e JOSEPHINE NEFKENS INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Glucose; Hyperthermia; Radiation; Thermoradiotherapy; Tumor pH

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; GLUCOSE; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; IRRADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TUMORS; X RAYS;

THERMORADIOTHERAPHY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TEMPERATURE; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; RATS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 0035400251     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01499-7     Document Type: Article

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