Modelling tumour oxygenation, reoxygenation and implications on treatment outcome

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Toma Dasu, Iuliana ^a   Dasu, Alexandru ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; TUMORS;

MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; REOXYGENATION; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

OXYGENATION;

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; OXYGEN AFFINITY; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; REOXYGENATION; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TISSUE PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR OXYGENATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ALGORITHM; CELL HYPOXIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL HYPOXIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84873379789     PISSN: 1748670X     EISSN: 17486718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/141087     Document Type: Review

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