Abstract: Previous studies have shown that factors predictive of tumor recurrence include a history of the disease, multiple tumors at diagnosis, and high tumor grade and stage. Additional biological marker for predicting tumor recurrence could potentially be used in...
Carcinoma
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Carcinoma.
Effects of transition metals on the expression of the erythropoietin gene: further evidence that the oxygen sensor is a heme protein.
Abstract: Both in vivo and in Hep3B cells, expression of the erythropoietin gene is induced by hypoxia as well as by certain transition metals (cobalt and nickel) and by iron chelation. When Hep3B cells were incubated in an iron deficient medium, Epo mRNA expression...
Rapid progression of head and neck squamous carcinoma after hyperbaric oxygenation.
Abstract: We present four head and neck cancer patients who apparently had rapid progression of clinically occult disease during or soon after undergoing hyperbaric oxygenation. This led us to review existing knowledge about the interaction of HBO with tumors. The...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of radiation-induced sequelae in children. The University of Pennsylvania experience.
Abstract: The role of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in the treatment of radiation-related sequelae in adults is well known. In contrast, its role in the management of radiation-related sequelae in children has not been well studied. In an effort to define its value...
Hypoxic sensitizer and cytotoxin for head and neck cancer.
Abstract: Tumour hypoxia is well recognised as a major factor contributing to radioresistance. This article examines the role of hypoxia in influencing the treatment outcome following radiotherapy (RT), and reviews the rationale and results of clinical trials that...
"Adjuvant" external radiation of the mediastinum in radically resected non-small cell lung cancer.
Abstract: The effect of postoperative external beam radiation in MO non-small cell lung cancer resected with curative intention was evaluated in a randomized trial. In 155 patients (121 males, 34 females; mean age: 59 years) 105 lobectomies, 12 bilobectomies and 38...
The mechanisms by which hyperbaric oxygen and carbogen improve tumour oxygenation.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been proposed to reduce tumour hypoxia by increasing the amount of dissolved oxygen in the plasma. That this actually occurs has not been verified experimentally. This study was performed to explore changes in tumour oxygenation...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. Experience in 29 patients.
Abstract: In recent years hyperbaric oxygen has gained an important role in the treatment of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible. In the treatment of 29 patients with osteoradionecrosis of the mandible, a combination of surgical debridement, antibiotics, and hyperbaric...
Evaluation of hyperbaric oxygen as a chemosensitizer in the treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer in xenografts in mice.
Abstract: Resistance to chemotherapy is common in bulky hypoxic tumors such as epithelial ovarian cancer. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) oxygenates hypoxic tissues and promotes neovascularization. These unique properties of HBO may help overcome chemotherapy resistance by...