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SUBMITTER: Perche F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4150469 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Perche F F Biswas S S Wang T T Zhu L L Torchilin V P VP
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20140219 13
Altered vasculature and the resultant chaotic tumor blood flow lead to the appearance in fast-growing tumors of regions with gradients of oxygen tension and acute hypoxia (less than 1.4% oxygen). Due to its roles in tumorigenesis and resistance to therapy, hypoxia represents a problem in cancer therapy. Insufficient delivery of therapeutic agents to the hypoxic regions in solid tumors is recognized as one of the causes of resistance to therapy. This led to the development of hypoxia imaging agen ...[more]