The Role of Oxygen in Avascular Tumor Growth

The oxygen status of a tumor has significant clinical implications for treatment prognosis, with well-oxygenated subvolumes responding markedly better to radiotherapy than poorly supplied regions. Oxygen is essential for tumor growth, yet estimation of local oxygen distribution can be difficult to a...

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Main Authors: Grimes, David Robert, Kannan, Pavitra, McIntyre, Alan, Kavanagh, Anthony, Siddiky, Abul, Wigfield, Simon, Harris, Adrian, Partridge, Mike
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835055/