PREDICTION OF RADIATION/PHOTOTHERAPY RESPONSE WITH NMR

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Abstract

Presently, there is no early marker for the effectiveness of radiation therapy and phototherapy in the treatment of cancer. The goal of the present proposal is to document cellular and metabolic changes that occur in tumors in response to two therapeutic modalities, radiation therapy and phototherapy, administered at subcurative and curative treatment levels. In vivo 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) will be employed to monitor intracellular pH and relative concentrations of high energy phosphate metabolites in conjunction with PO2 and pH microelectrode measurements. All measurements will be correlated with biological endpoints. Studies will be performed on C3H mouse mammary carcinoma. Experimental determinations made both during and following therapy will define both acute and long term response to the treatment. Our long term objective is to establish in vivo 31P NMR spectroscopy as a method for non-invasively assessing tumor response to radiation therapy and phototherapy.

Key facts

NIH application ID
3179030
Project number
5R01CA039697-02
Recipient
HENRY FORD HOSPITAL
Principal Investigator
MICHAEL CHOPP
Activity code
R01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
1987
Award amount
$148,295
Award type
5
Project period
1986-04-01 → 1989-03-31