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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-26
pubmed:abstractText
Effective cancer chemotherapy depends on the delivery of therapeutic drugs to cancer cells at cytotoxic concentrations. However, physiologic barriers, such as variable vessel permeability, high interstitial fluid pressure, and heterogeneous perfusion, make it difficult to achieve that goal. Efforts to improve drug delivery have been limited by the lack of noninvasive tools to evaluate intratumoral drug concentration and distribution. Here we demonstrate that tumor drug concentration can be measured in vivo using T(1)-weighted MRI, following systemic administration of liposomes containing both drug (doxorubicin (DOX)) and contrast agent (manganese (Mn)). Mn and DOX concentrations were calculated using T(1) relaxation times and Mn:DOX loading ratios, as previously described. Two independent validations by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and histologic fluorescence in a rat fibrosarcoma (FSA) model indicate a concordant linear relationship between DOX concentrations determined using T(1) and those measured invasively. This method of imaging exhibits potential for real-time evaluation of chemotherapeutic protocols and prediction of tumor response on an individual patient basis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0740-3194
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1011-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Chemodosimetry of in vivo tumor liposomal drug concentration using MRI.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Evaluation Studies, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural