Abstract: Benzotriazine-N-oxide bioreductive prodrugs such as tirapazamine and its improved analogue CEN-209 (SN30000) have potential for exploiting hypoxia in tumors. Here, we test the hypothesis that the 2-nitroimidazole EF5, in clinical development for both...
Cancer
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Cancer.
Targeting quiescent tumor cells via oxygen and IGF-I supplementation.
Abstract: Conventional chemotherapy targets proliferating cancer cells, but most cells in solid tumors are not in a proliferative state. Thus, strategies to enable conventional chemotherapy to target noncycling cells may greatly increase tumor responsiveness. In this...
Argon plasma coagulation and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in chronic radiation proctopathy, effectiveness and impact on tissue toxicity.
Abstract: chronic radiation proctopathy (CRP) is associated with recurrent rectal bleeding and transfusional requirements. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HOT) have been shown to be effective in the control of CRP. No prospective...
Leukemia inhibitory factor receptor α-chain: a potential method for acute promyeloid leukemia therapy.
Abstract: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) affects multiple types of leukemia cells in vitro through its functional receptor LIFR, which comprises a complex of the LIFR α-chain (LIFRα) and gp130. Researchers have recently observed that the C-terminus of the LIFRα...
Secretory TAT-peptide-mediated protein transduction of LIF receptor α-chain distal cytoplasmic motifs into human myeloid HL-60 cells.
Abstract: The distal cytoplasmic motifs of leukemia inhibitory factor receptor α-chain (LIFRα-CT3) can independently induce intracellular myeloid differentiation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells by gene transfection; however, there are significant limitations in...
Hyberbaric oxygen increases atresia in normal & steroid induced PCO rat ovaries.
Abstract: In this study, we investigated the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on the morphology of estradiol valerate (EV) induced polycystic ovary (PCO) to find a new treatment modality for improvement of PCO. The rats were divided into four groups. Group1,...
Resuscitation by hyperbaric exposure from a venous gas emboli following laparoscopic surgery.
Abstract: Venous gas embolism is common after laparoscopic surgery but is only rarely of clinical relevance. We present a 52 year old woman undergoing laparoscopic treatment for liver cysts, who also underwent cholecystectomy. She was successfully extubated. However,...
Practice guidance on the management of acute and chronic gastrointestinal problems arising as a result of treatment for cancer.
Abstract: The number of patients with chronic gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms after cancer therapies which have a moderate or severe impact on quality of life is similar to the number diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease annually. However, in contrast to patients...
Hyperbaric oxygen for treatment of problem wounds.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment has seen a resurgence of interest in recent years, with more academic medical centers building facilities and more physicians becoming board-certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine.The reason for the growing interest is...