Application of radiosensitizers in cancer radiotherapy

L Gong, Y Zhang, C Liu, M Zhang… - International journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Radiotherapy (RT) is a cancer treatment that uses high doses of radiation to kill cancer cells
and shrink tumors. Although great success has been achieved on radiotherapy, there is still …

Clinical update on head and neck cancer: molecular biology and ongoing challenges

E Alsahafi, K Begg, I Amelio, N Raulf, P Lucarelli… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) are an aggressive, genetically
complex and difficult to treat group of cancers. In lieu of truly effective targeted therapies …

Cancer radiosensitizers

H Wang, X Mu, H He, XD Zhang - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is a mainstay treatment for many types of cancer, although it is still a
large challenge to enhance radiation damage to tumor tissue and reduce side effects to …

Defining normoxia, physoxia and hypoxia in tumours—implications for treatment response

SR McKeown - The British journal of radiology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Tumour hypoxia is increasingly recognized as a major deleterious factor in cancer therapies,
as it compromises treatment and drives malignant progression. This review seeks to clarify …

Tumor hypoxia: impact on radiation therapy and molecular pathways

BS Sørensen, MR Horsman - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor hypoxia is a common feature of the microenvironment in solid tumors, primarily due to
an inadequate, and heterogeneous vascular network. It is associated with resistance to …

[HTML][HTML] Biological consequences of radiation-induced DNA damage: relevance to radiotherapy

ME Lomax, LK Folkes, P O'Neill - Clinical oncology, 2013 - Elsevier
DNA damage of exposed tumour tissue leading to cell death is one of the detrimental effects
of ionising radiation that is exploited, with beneficial consequences, for radiotherapy. The …

Imaging hypoxia to improve radiotherapy outcome

MR Horsman, LS Mortensen, JB Petersen… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2012 - nature.com
Reduced oxygen levels (hypoxia) is one of the most important factors influencing clinical
outcome after radiotherapy. This is primarily because hypoxic cells are resistant to radiation …

The clinical importance of assessing tumor hypoxia: relationship of tumor hypoxia to prognosis and therapeutic opportunities

C WalshJoseph, C KolbHartmuth - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Tumor hypoxia is a well-established biological phenomenon that affects the curability of
solid tumors, regardless of treatment modality. Especially for head and neck cancer patients …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer stem cells: Radioresistance, prediction of radiotherapy outcome and specific targets for combined treatments

M Krause, A Dubrovska, A Linge… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Inactivation of cancer stem cells (CSCs) is of utmost importance for tumor cure after
radiotherapy. An increasing body of evidence complies with a higher radioresistance of …

Targeting hypoxia to improve non–small cell lung cancer outcome

A Salem, MC Asselin, B Reymen… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Oxygen deprivation (hypoxia) in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an important factor
in treatment resistance and poor survival. Hypoxia is an attractive therapeutic target …