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Effects of combined bleomycin and irradiation on a solid murine tumor

Conference · · Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5236362
The effectiveness of bleomycin (BLM) and radiation, both alone and combined, against the EMT6/SF tumor growing subcutaneously in mice was studied using the growth delay and in vitro assays. In experiments investigating the time course of the interaction between the 2 agents, 20 or 40 mg/kg BLM was given between 48 hr before and 48 hr after 800 rad. In 3 out of 4 experiments the effect of the combined treatment at several time intervals was only equal to or less than that of the x-rays alone, even though the drug alone produced up to 70% cell killing and a 3 day growth delay. The regrowth rates of tumors after combined treatment were faster than that after x-rays alone resulting in the proportionally shorter growth delays. Experiments in which untreated tumor cells were transplanted into mice pretreated either with x-rays or BLM plus x-rays showed that BLM did not allow faster regrowth by reducing the x-ray tumor bed effect.
Research Organization:
Univ. of California, San Francisco
OSTI ID:
5236362
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States) Journal Volume: 5:9
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English