Targeting tumour microenvironment : development of carbonic anhydrase IX nuclear imaging agents

Tumour hypoxia has long been recognized as an impediment to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Cancers that are hypoxic tend to be aggressive, with high propensity for distant metastasis. As hypoxia is a salient feature of most solid cancers, targeting components of the hypoxia-induced signaling cascade...

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Main Author: Lau, Joseph Cheong Chun
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58845