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Combining two strategies to improve perfusion and drug delivery in solid tumors

Combining two strategies to improve perfusion and drug delivery in solid tumors

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Combining two strategies to improve perfusion and drug delivery in solid tumors

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Combining two strategies to improve perfusion and drug delivery in solid tumors

Publisher

United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2013-11, Vol.110 (46), p.18632-18637

Language

English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Blood perfusion in tumors can be significantly lower than that in the surrounding normal tissue owing to the leakiness and/or compression of tumor blood vessels. Impaired perfusion reduces oxygen supply and results in a hypoxic microenvironment. Hypoxia promotes tumor progression and immunosuppression, and enhances the invasive and metastatic poten...

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Combining two strategies to improve perfusion and drug delivery in solid tumors

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1460249576

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1460249576

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1318415110

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