Bladder Cancer
Research in bladder cancer provides new insights
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, November 21st, 2005
Study 1: Hyperoxia provokes gemcitabine efficacy in transitional cell carcinoma.
According to recent research from Germany, "anemic tissue hypoxia can decrease the effects of chemotherapy in bladder cancer. Hypoxia leads to overexpression of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) and increased synthesis of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)."
"Tumor cell survival, invasion and angiogenesis thereby compromise treatment. Monolayer cultures of RT112, RT4, T24 and TCC SUP cells were incubated with or...
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