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Manipulating The Tumor Microenvironment For Therapeutic Benefit, Kate M. Bailey
Manipulating The Tumor Microenvironment For Therapeutic Benefit, Kate M. Bailey
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The physical tumor microenvironment contributes significantly to carcinogenesis, cancer progression and metastatic dissemination. Two main components of the tumor microenvironment, hypoxia and acidosis, are present in nearly every solid tumor and act as powerful selection forces against the tumor. Hypoxia and acidosis promote tumor heterogeneity and contribute to chemotherapy and radiotherapy resistance. This dissertation interrogates methods to target the tumor microenvironment including two novel studies describing mechanisms of buffer therapy resistance and targeting tumor hypoxia with vasodilators to enhance the efficacy of a hypoxia activated prodrug, TH-302.
In the first study, mechanisms of buffer therapy resistance were identified and detailed. …