Acute versus chronic hypoxia in tumors : Controversial data concerning time frames and biological consequences

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 616-627

  Bayer, C ^a   Vaupel, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute hypoxia; Chronic hypoxia; Hypoxia subtypes; Tumor hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HYPOXIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHRONIC HYPOXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TIME; TUMOR;

ANIMALS; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862695530     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0085-4     Document Type: Review

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