Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging of Tumor Metabolic Markers for Cancer Diagnosis, Metabolic Phenotyping, and Characterization of Tumor Microenvironment

Cancer cells display heterogeneous genetic characteristics, depending on the tumor dynamic microenvironment. Abnormal tumor vasculature and poor tissue oxygenation generate a fraction of hypoxic tumor cells that have selective advantages in metastasis and invasion and often resist chemo- and radiati...

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Main Authors: Qiuhong He, Ray Z. Xu, Pavel Shkarin, Giuseppe Pizzorno, Carol H. Lee-French, Douglas L. Rothman, Dikoma C. Shungu, Hyunsuk Shim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/424395