REOXYGENATION IN TUMOR TISSUES AFTER X-RAY OR CARBON-12 IRRADIATION

Takeshi Fukawa, Koji Takematsu, Kotaro Oka, Nobuyuki Miyahara, Sachiko Koike, Koichi Ando, Hirosuke Kobayashi, Kazuo Tanishita

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Abstract

We measured directly the partial pressure of oxygen (pO,) in new fibrosarcoma (NFSa) tumors grown in C3H/He mice using microcoaxial O, electrodes in vivo. The pO2 in tumors was monitored after a single dose of X-ray or carbon-12 irradiation. After irradiation, tumor volume temporally shrinked, and pO, simultaneously increased. Carbon-12 irradiation reoxygenated tumors between the 1st and 9th day after the irradiation, while x-ray irradiation reoxygenated tumors between the 3rd and 8th day. We found that reoxygenation period after carbon-12 irradiation started earlier and continued longer than X-ray irradiation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Bioengineering
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages371-372
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9780791815823
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1998
EventASME 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1998 - Anaheim, United States
Duration: 1998 Nov 151998 Nov 20

Publication series

NameASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Volume1998-D

Conference

ConferenceASME 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 1998
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnaheim
Period98/11/1598/11/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanical Engineering

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