Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatment augments tumor radiation response under normoxic or hypoxic conditions

CG Lee, M Heijn, E di Tomaso, G Griffon-Etienne… - Cancer research, 2000 - AACR
… study to determine whether tumor growth inhibition by the combination of radiation and
anti-VEGF mAb is dependent on tumor oxygen levels. To discern the role of tumor oxygenation, …

Modulation of radiation response and tumor-induced angiogenesis after epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition by ZD1839 (Iressa)

SM Huang, J Li, EA Armstrong, PM Harari - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
tumor control (1). Biological approaches that use growth factor inhibitors to modify tumor
proliferation and/or radiosensitivity offer potential for improving tumor control. The EGFR …

Epidermal growth factor receptor and tumor response to radiation: in vivo preclinical studies

L Milas, Z Fan, NH Andratschke, KK Ang - … Journal of Radiation Oncology …, 2004 - Elsevier
… Evidence is rapidly mounting that dysregulated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) …
tumor behavior and increased tumor resistance to cytotoxic agents, including radiotherapy (RT). …

… of the receptor kinase activity of vascular endothelial, fibroblast, and platelet-derived growth factors suppresses tumor growth and enhances tumor radiation response

RJ Griffin, BW Williams, R Wild, JM Cherrington, H Park… - Cancer Research, 2002 - AACR
… on the response of tumors to radiotherapy in … growth factors on the response of tumors to
ionizing radiation. In addition, we have for the first time quantified the effect of SU6668 on tumor

Epidermal growth factor family receptors and inhibitors: radiation response modulators

CI Sartor - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2003 - Elsevier
Growing evidence suggests that epidermal growth factor family receptors (HERs) play a
significant role in radiation response. … A phase 3 randomized trial in head and neck cancer is …

Radiation response modification following molecular inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling

PM Harari, SM Huang - Seminars in radiation oncology, 2001 - Elsevier
… of several angiogenic factors, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin
8, and basic fibroblast growth factor in A431 and human transitional cell carcinoma of the …

Mechanisms of enhanced radiation response following epidermal growth factor receptor signaling inhibition by erlotinib (Tarceva)

P Chinnaiyan, S Huang, G Vallabhaneni, E Armstrong… - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
… Erlotinib (Tarceva) is an orally available HER1 (epidermal growth factor receptor, … radiation
response and investigate specific mechanisms underlying these interactions in human tumor

… of radiation response after epidermal growth factor receptor blockade in squamous cell carcinomas: inhibition of damage repair, cell cycle kinetics, and tumor …

SM Huang, PM Harari - Clinical Cancer Research, 2000 - AACR
… the in vitro and in vivo radiation response of human SCC tumor cells and xenografts, and …
to the enhanced radiation response induced by C225. Tumor xenograft studies demonstrated …

Blockade of the vascular endothelial growth factor stress response increases the antitumor effects of ionizing radiation

DH Gorski, MA Beckett, NT Jaskowiak, DP Calvin… - Cancer research, 1999 - AACR
… of tumor VEGF secretion by IR affects the antitumor response, we treated LLC tumors with
… Female C57BL/6 mice bearing LLC tumors were divided into experimental groups and …

Angiogenesis and radiation response modulation after vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2) blockade

J Li, S Huang, EA Armstrong, JF Fowler… - … Journal of Radiation …, 2005 - Elsevier
growth factor (VEGF)/VEGFR2 pathway in tumor angiogenesis is supported by numerous
studies, including those that show inhibition of tumor growth in … Radiation represents a central …