Use of VEGFR-2 targeted microbubbles (BR55, Bracco imaging) for the early ultrasound evaluation of response to antiangiogenic treatment in a xenograft model of hepatocarcinoma

Aim: To evaluate the early response to treatment to an antiangiogenetic drug (sorafenib) in a heterotopic murine model of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using ultrasonographic molecular imaging. Material and Methods: the xenographt model was established injecting a suspension of HuH7 cells subcutan...

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Main Author: Baron Toaldo, Marco <1981>
Other Authors: Cipone, Mario
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2011
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3478/