<i>In vivo</i> Hyperspectral Imaging of Microvessel Response to Trastuzumab Treatment in Breast Cancer Xenografts

HER2-amplified (HER2+) breast cancers are treated with the anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody trastuzumab. Although trastuzumab reduces production of the angiogenic factor VEGF in HER2+ tumors, the acute and sustained effects of trastuzumab on the tumor vasculature are not understood fully in trastuzumab...

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Main Author: McCormack, Devin Rei
Other Authors: Craig L. Duvall
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2014
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-06162014-101705/