Vascular targeting of solid tumoursa major 'inverse' volume-response relationship following combretastatin A-4 phosphate treatment of rat rhabdomyosarcomas

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 1833-1843

  Landuyt, W ^a   Verdoes, O ^a   Darius, D O ^a   Drijkoningen, M ^a   Nuyts, S ^a   Theys, J ^b   Stockx, L ^a   Wynendaele, W ^a   Fowler, J F ^a,c   Maleux, G ^a   Van Den Bogaert, W ^a   Anne J ^b   Van Oosterom, A ^a   Lambin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Antitumour therapy; Combretastatin A 4 prodrug; Growth delay; Tumour necrosis; Tumour volume; Vascular targeting

Indexed keywords

COMBRETASTATIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; TARGET ORGAN; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL DIVISION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RATS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; STILBENES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 17544397865     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00173-8     Document Type: Article

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