Remodeling of tumor stroma and response to therapy

Cancers

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 340-353

  Johansson, Anna ^a   Ganss, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Immunotherapy; Tumor microenvironment; Tumor stroma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LAMININ; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN ZO1; SARIDEGIB; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; SUNITINIB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TARGETING; FIBROBLAST; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PERICYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR; STROMA; STROMA CELL; TISSUE PRESSURE; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR STROMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84862683653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers4020340     Document Type: Review

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