Qiu Hao, Wang Guo-Min
Department of Radiotherapy, Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, 200040, PR China.
Ai Zheng. 2007 Dec;26(12):1392-6.
Tumor growth and metastasis depend on its angiogenesis ability. The anti-angiogenic treatment is considered as a hopeful treatment for tumors. The anti-angiogenic efficacy of classic cytotoxic agents, such as cyclophosphomide, methotraxate, taxol, and so on, could be enhanced by changing the dose delivering schedule, naming "metronomic chemotherapy". Additionally, tumor vasculature and hypoxic status are important predictive factors for the efficacy of radiotherapy. Furthermore, the anti-angiogenic treatment can enhance the irradiation sensitivity of tumors. This review have summarized the anti-angiogenic mechanism of metronomic chemotherapy combined radiotherapy and the preliminary applications in clinic and proposed that the combination of radiotherapy and metronomic chemotherapy can overcome the hypoxia-related radioresistance and increase the efficacy of radiotherapy.
肿瘤的生长和转移依赖于其血管生成能力。抗血管生成治疗被认为是一种有前景的肿瘤治疗方法。经典细胞毒性药物如环磷酰胺、甲氨蝶呤、紫杉醇等的抗血管生成疗效可通过改变给药方案来增强,即“节拍化疗”。此外,肿瘤血管系统和缺氧状态是放疗疗效的重要预测因素。而且,抗血管生成治疗可增强肿瘤的放射敏感性。本综述总结了节拍化疗联合放疗的抗血管生成机制及其在临床中的初步应用,并提出放疗与节拍化疗联合可克服缺氧相关的放射抗性并提高放疗疗效。