Microenvironment-driven intratumoral heterogeneity in head and neck cancers: clinical challenges and opportunities for precision medicine

H Zaryouh, M Vara-Messler, J Vignau… - Drug Resistance …, 2022 - Elsevier
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) is among the most prevalent
cancer types worldwide. Despite multimodal therapeutic approaches that include surgical …

The hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302: exploiting hypoxia in cancer therapy

Y Li, L Zhao, XF Li - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hypoxia is an important feature of most solid tumors, conferring resistance to radiation and
many forms of chemotherapy. However, it is possible to exploit the presence of tumor …

Chitosan oligosaccharide decorated liposomes combined with TH302 for photodynamic therapy in triple negative breast cancer

Y Ding, R Yang, W Yu, C Hu, Z Zhang, D Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive tumor with extremely
high mortality that results from its lack of effective therapeutic targets. As an adhesion …

Hypoxia and its therapeutic possibilities in paediatric cancers

C Bernauer, YKS Man, JC Chisholm… - British journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
In tumours, hypoxia—a condition in which the demand for oxygen is higher than its
availability—is well known to be associated with reduced sensitivity to radiotherapy and …

Patient-derived xenograft and organoid models for precision medicine targeting of the tumour microenvironment in head and neck cancer

TW Lee, A Lai, JK Harms, DC Singleton, BD Dickson… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The identification and validation of strategies to individualise therapy of
patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma require cellular and animal models …

[HTML][HTML] Deep-learning and MR images to target hypoxic habitats with evofosfamide in preclinical models of sarcoma

BV Jardim-Perassi, W Mu, S Huang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Hypoxic regions (habitats) within tumors are heterogeneously distributed and can
be widely variant. Hypoxic habitats are generally pan-therapy resistant. For this reason …

Mitochondria-targeting multifunctional nanoplatform for cascade phototherapy and hypoxia-activated chemotherapy

J Lv, S Wang, D Qiao, Y Lin, S Hu, M Li - Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Despite considerable progress has been achieved in hypoxia-associated anti-tumor
therapy, the efficacy of utilizing hypoxia-activated prodrugs alone is not satisfied owing to the …

The relevance between hypoxia-dependent spatial transcriptomics and the prognosis and efficacy of immunotherapy in claudin-low breast cancer

H Sun, Y Li, Y Zhang, X Zhao, X Dong, Y Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Hypoxia is an important characteristic of solid tumors. However, spatial
transcriptomics (ST) of hypoxia-associated heterogeneity is not clear. Methods This study …

Clinical relevance and therapeutic predictive ability of hypoxia biomarkers in head and neck cancer tumour models

TW Lee, DC Singleton, JK Harms, M Lu… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tumour hypoxia promotes poor patient outcomes, with particularly strong evidence for head
and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). To effectively target hypoxia, therapies …

Hypoxia responsive phytonanotheranostics: A novel paradigm towards fighting cancer

S Acharya, R Misra - Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hypoxia enhances tumor aggressiveness, thereby reducing the efficacy of anticancer
therapies. Phytomedicine, which is nowadays considered as the new panacea owing to its …