Blood flow in transplanted tumors: quantitative approaches to radioisotopic studies.
Year: 1970
Type: article
Abstract: Descriptions of the weight of a tumor and the magnitude of its blood flow have been of interest for a number of years. Despite this, there have been no reported attempts to provide quantitative relationships between the tumor's weight and its rate of perfusion. An initial approach to such a relationship, which adequately describes all known data in the literature thus far, is given in the present communication. In this inquiry, we are hampered by a lack of knowledge as to possible "cause and effect. " However, we will arbitrarily describe blood flow as a function of tumor weight, and seek interrelations. Such an approach has only become possible in the last few years with the availability of radioisotopic techniques for estimating "functional" blood flow distribution. TECHNIQUES FOR OBTAINING DATA Prior to analyzing results on blood flow to tumors, it is prudent to examine briefly the techniques reported in the literature that have been employed in gathering the data. The abnormal vasculature of tumors has been
Source: PubMed Central
Author: R P Spencer
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2172460188