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ArticleOncotarget2017

Micro-HCCs in rats with liver cirrhosis: paradoxical targeting effects with vascular disrupting agent CA4P.

Yewei Liu, Ting Yin, Frederik De Keyzer, Yuanbo Feng, Feng Chen, Jianjun Liu, Shaoli Song, Jie Yu, Vincent Vandecaveye, Johan Swinnen and 6 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yewei LiuBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Ting YinBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Frederik De KeyzerBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Yuanbo FengBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Feng ChenBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Jianjun LiuInstitute of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Shaoli SongInstitute of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Jie YuBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Vincent VandecaveyeBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Johan SwinnenBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Guy BormansBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Uwe HimmelreichBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Raymond OyenBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
Jian ZhangJiangsu Province Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210028, China.
Gang HuangInstitute of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Yicheng NiBiomedical Group, Campus Gasthuisberg, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BEJiangsu Provincial Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNShanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We sought to investigate anticancer efficacy of a vascular disrupting agent (VDA) combretastatin A-4 phosphate (CA4P) in relation to tumor size among hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) in rats using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and postmortem techniques. Nineteen rats with 43 chemically-induced HCCs of 2.8-20.9 mm in size on liver cirrhosis received CA4P intravenously at 10 mg/kg. Tumor-diameter was measured by T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) to define microcancers (< 5 mm) versus larger HCCs. Vascular responses and tissue necrosis were detected by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), contrast-enhanced T1-weighted imaging (CE-T1WI) and dynamic contrast enhanced (DCE-) MRI, which were validated by microangiography and histopathology. MRI revealed nearly complete necrosis in 5 out of 7 micro-HCCs, but diverse therapeutic necrosis in larger HCCs with a positive correlation with tumor size. Necrosis in micro-HCCs was 36.9% more than that in larger HCCs. While increased diffusion coefficient (ADC

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combretastatin A4 phosphatehepatocellular carcinomamicrocancertherapeutic responsevascular-disrupting agents

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