EFFECT OF HYPERTHERMIA ON VASCULAR FUNCTION IN NORMAL AND NEOPLASTIC TISSUES *
EFFECT OF HYPERTHERMIA ON VASCULAR FUNCTION IN NORMAL AND NEOPLASTIC TISSUES *
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热疗对正常和肿瘤组织血管功能的影响*
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1980.tb50735.x
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
S. Levitt
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文献类型:
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作者:
C. Song;Man‐Sik Kang;J. Rhee;S. Levitt
A number of recent laboratory investigations demonstrated that hyperthermia is not only cytotoxic to malignant cells by itself, but it also potentiates the effect of radiation and certain chemotherapeutic drugs.'-' The presence of radioresistant hypoxic cells is believed to be the limiting factor for the control of tumor by radiotherapy. Interestingly, these radioresistant hypoxic cells in tumors are a t least equally as heat-sensitive as the oxic cells.'-'o Based on these encouraging results, clinical trials of hyperthermia as a primary modality or as an adjuvant to radiotherapy for the treatment of malignant tumors are already in progress in many medical center^."“^ Obviously, clinical benefit of hyperthermia for the cure.of tumors can be expected only if this modality is preferentially effective on tumors. Indications are that tumor cells in vitro are not necessarily more sensitive to heat than normal cells in vitro.Is A number of reports, however, suggested that, unlike tumor cells in vitro, malignant tissues in vivo are more vulnerable to heat than adjacent normal tissues.'-'*''-'' The high acidity, low p02, and poor nutritional state of malignant cells in vivo have been suggested to be the probable causes of the preferential effect of hyperthermia on tumors.'*'*'6 In addition to the above, the difference in blood flow in tumors and normal tissues may play an important role in the differential response of tumors and normal tissues to hyperthermia. It has been suggested that heat is not effectively dissipated from the tumor during hyperthermia because of sluggish blood ROW.'^-''*'^ This possibility, however, has not yet been fully investigated. In the present report we summarize our work on the intravascular volume, vascular permeability, and blood flow rate in an experimental tumor and in normal tissues of rats during hyperthermia.m-2'