Optoacoustics delineates murine breast cancer models displaying angiogenesis and vascular mimicry
Quiros-Gonzalez I, Tomaszewski M, Aitken S, Ansel-Bollepalli L, McDuffus L, Gill M, Hacker L, Brunker J, Bohndiek S. Optoacoustics delineates murine breast cancer models displaying angiogenesis and vascular mimicry. British Journal Of Cancer 2018, 118: 1098-1106. PMID: 29576623, PMCID: PMC5931091, DOI: 10.1038/s41416-018-0033-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiological MimicryBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorDrug MonitoringFemaleHumansMammary Neoplasms, ExperimentalMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeNeoplasm StagingNeovascularization, PathologicOxygen ConsumptionPhotoacoustic TechniquesSensitivity and SpecificityTomographyTumor HypoxiaXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsMDA-MB-231Breast cancer modelCancer modelsVascular mimicryOrthotopic breast cancer xenograftsVascular phenotypeMurine breast cancer modelMDA-MB-231 tumorsMCF-7Consistent with angiogenesisMCF-7 tumorsTotal hemoglobinBreast cancer xenograftsBreast tumor modelEx vivo analysisNO serum levelsTumor oxygenationEstrogen-independentCancer xenograftsSerum levelsEstrogen-dependentTherapeutic responseBreast tumorsTumor modelClinical trials