Exploiting tumour hypoxia in cancer treatment

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 437-447

  Brown, J Martin ^a   Wilson, William R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2 BROMOETHYLAMINO) 3 (2 NITRO 1 IMIDAZOLYL) 2 PROPANOL; 1,4 BIS[[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO N OXIDE)ETHYL]AMINO] 5,8 DIHYDROXYANTHRAQUINONE; 5 (1 AZIRIDINYL) 2,4 DINITROBENZAMIDE; ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AQ4; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BLEOMYCIN; CELL DNA; CISPLATIN; CYTOCHROME P450 3A; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIN; DINITROBENZAMIDE MUSTARD; ETANIDAZOLE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; METRONIDAZOLE; MISONIDAZOLE; MITOMYCIN C; N ACETYLCOLCHINOL PHOSPHATE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NLCQ 1; OXYGEN; PRODRUG; PROTEIN P53; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; SN 23862; TIRAPAZAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBODY DIRECTED ENZYME PRODRUG THERAPY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL KILLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IONIZING RADIATION; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN ELECTRODE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TUMOR HYPOXIA; TUMOR NECROSIS; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

EID: 2942590732     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1367     Document Type: Review

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