Imaging tumour hypoxia with positron emission tomography

IN Fleming, R Manavaki, PJ Blower, C West… - British journal of …, 2015 - nature.com
Hypoxia, a hallmark of most solid tumours, is a negative prognostic factor due to its
association with an aggressive tumour phenotype and therapeutic resistance. Given its …

Molecular imaging of hypoxia

KA Krohn, JM Link, RP Mason - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2008 - jnm.snmjournals.org
Hypoxia, a condition of insufficient O 2 to support metabolism, occurs when the vascular
supply is interrupted, as in stroke or myocardial infarction, or when a tumor outgrows its …

Molecular mechanisms of hypoxia in cancer

A Challapalli, L Carroll, EO Aboagye - Clinical and translational imaging, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Hypoxia is a condition of insufficient oxygen to support metabolism which occurs
when the vascular supply is interrupted, or when a tumour outgrows its vascular supply. It is …

Tumor hypoxia imaging with [F-18] fluoromisonidazole positron emission tomography in head and neck cancer

JG Rajendran, DL Schwartz, J O'Sullivan… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - aacrjournals.org
Purpose: Advanced head and neck cancer shows hypoxia that results in biological changes
to make the tumor cells more aggressive and less responsive to treatment resulting in poor …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of the hypoxia PET tracers [18F] HX4,[18F] FAZA, and [18F] FMISO in a preclinical tumor model

SGJA Peeters, CML Zegers, NG Lieuwes… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Several individual clinical and preclinical studies have shown the possibility of
evaluating tumor hypoxia by using noninvasive positron emission tomography (PET). The …

Significance of nitroimidazole compounds and hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1 for imaging tumor hypoxia

S Kizaka‐Kondoh, H Konse‐Nagasawa - Cancer science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A tumor‐specific microenvironment is characterized by hypoxia, in which oxygen tension is
considerably lower than in normal tissues. The hypoxic status of various solid tumors has …

Molecular imaging of hypoxia with radiolabelled agents

G Mees, R Dierckx, C Vangestel… - European journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Tissue hypoxia results from an inadequate supply of oxygen (O 2) that compromises
biological functions. Structural and functional abnormalities of the tumour vasculature …

Reproducibility of intratumor distribution of 18F-fluoromisonidazole in head and neck cancer

SA Nehmeh, NY Lee, H Schröder, O Squire… - International Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Hypoxia is one of the main causes of the failure to achieve local control using
radiotherapy. This is due to the increased radioresistance of hypoxic cells. 18F …

Taking advantage of tumor cell adaptations to hypoxia for develo** new tumor markers and treatment strategies

P Ebbesen, EO Pettersen, TA Gorr, G Jobst… - Journal of enzyme …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer cells in hypoxic areas of solid tumors are to a large extent protected against the
action of radiation as well as many chemotherapeutic drugs. There are, however, two …

Imaging of tumor hypoxia with radionuclide-labeled tracers for PET

Y Huang, J Fan, Y Li, S Fu, Y Chen, J Wu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The hypoxic state in a solid tumor refers to the internal hypoxic environment that appears as
the tumor volume increases (the maximum radius exceeds 180-200 microns). This state can …