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SUBMITTER: Iglesias P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506541 | biostudies-other | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Iglesias Pablo P Penas Cristina C Barral-Cagiao Laura L Pazos Elena E Costoya Jose A JA
Scientific reports 20190508 1
Functional imaging has become an important tool in oncology because it not only provides information about the size and localization of the tumour, but also about the pathophysiological features of the tumoural cells. One of the characteristic features of some tumour types is that their fast growth leads to deficient intratumoral vascularization, which results in low oxygen availability. To overcome this lack of oxygen, tumoural cells activate the neoangiogenic program by upregulating the transc ...[more]