Strategies to Enhance the Therapeutic Ratio of Radiation as a Cancer Treatment

Book Overview

1. Mechanisms of Normal Tissue Response.- 2. The Role of Hypoxia in Radiation Response.- 3. The Role of Cancer Stem Cells in Tumour Radioresponse.- 4. Novel Strategies to Prevent, Mitigate or Reverse Radiation Injury and Fibrosis.- 5. Technology Based Strategies to Enhance the Therapeutic Ratio.- 6. Nitric Oxide Synthase Uncoupling in Tumor Progression and Cancer Therapy.- 7. Aiming the Immune System to Improve the Antitumor Efficacy of Radiation Therapy.- 8. The Role of MicroRNAs in modulating Tissue Response to Radiation.- 9. Adapting Therapy Based on Tumor Response.- 10. NQO1 Bioactivatable Drugs Modify Radiation Responses.- 11. DNA Repair Pathways as a Potential Target for Radiosensitization.- 12. Radiosensitizing Glioma by Targeting ATM with Small Molecule Inhibitors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331983326X
• ISBN13: 9783319833262
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"