Tumor growth rate determines the timing of optimal chronomodulated treatment schedules.
In host and cancer tissues, drug metabolism and susceptibility to drugs vary in a circadian (24 h) manner. In particular, the efficacy of a cell cycle specific (CCS) cytotoxic agent is affected by the daily modulation of cell cycle activity in the target tissues. Anti-cancer chronotherapy, in which...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2841621?pdf=render |