Day: October 11, 2014

Oxygen microenvironment affects the uptake of nanoparticles in head and neck tumor cells

Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng. 2013 Feb 26;8584:85840F. doi: 10.1117/12.2008067. ABSTRACT Survival of head and neck cancer patients has not improved in several decades despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques. Tumor hypoxia in head and neck cancers is a critical factor that leads to poor prognosis, resistance to radiation and chemotherapies, and increased…Continue Reading Oxygen microenvironment affects the uptake of nanoparticles in head and neck tumor cells