Measurement of reoxygenation during fractionated radiotherapy in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma xenografts
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2010
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Harriss-Phillips, W.
Bezak, E.
Yeoh, E.
Hermans, M.
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Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2010; 33(3):251-263
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Wendy Harriss, E. Bezak, E. Yeoh and M. Hermans
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Hypoxic tissues lack adequate oxygenation and it has been long established that tumours commonly exhibit hypoxia and that hypoxia is a factor contributing towards resistance to radiotherapy. To develop computer models and make predictions about the affects of tumour hypoxia on treatment outcome, quantitative tumour oxygenation and reoxygenation data from in vivo systems is required. The aim of this study was to investigate the timing and degree of reoxygenation during radiotherapy in a human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma xenograft mouse model (FaDu). Mice were immobilised using a novel restraining system and exposed unanaesthetised in 3 or 5 Gy fractions, up to a maximum of 40 Gy. Partial pressures of oxygen (pO2) measurements were recorded at six time points throughout the 2 week course of radiotherapy, using a fibre optic system. Tumours receiving 0-30 Gy did not exhibit an increase in pO2. However, the mean pO2 after 2 weeks of accelerated fractionated radiotherapy (40 Gy) was significantly increased (P<0.01) compared to the mean pO2 of tumours not receiving the full schedule (0-30 Gy). These results lead to the conclusion of an average reoxygenation onset time of 2 weeks in this group of xenografts. A relatively large range of pO2 values measured at each dose point in the study indicate a large inter-tumour variation in oxygenation among the tumours. Data from this experimental work will be used to define the range of reoxygenation onset times implemented in a Monte Carlo computer model, simulating hypoxic head and neck cancer growth and radiotherapy.
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