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: David Robert Grimes, Pavitra Kannan, Alan McIntyre, Anthony Kavanagh, Abul Siddiky, Simon Wigfield, Adrian Harris, Mike Partridge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4835055?pdf=render