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Solid tumors are known to have an abnormal vasculature that limits the distribution of chemotherapy. We have recently shown that tumor vessel modulation by low-dose photodynamic therapy (L-PDT) could improve the uptake of macromolecular chemotherapeutic agents such as liposomal doxorubicin (Liporubicin) administered subsequently. However, how this occurs is unknown. Convection, the main mechanism for drug transport between the intravascular and extravascular spaces, is mostly related to interstitial fluid pressure (IFP) and tumor blood flow (TBF). Here, we determined the changes of tumor and surrounding lung IFP and TBF before, during, and after vascular L-PDT. We also evaluated the effect of these changes on the distribution of Liporubicin administered intravenously (IV) in a lung sarcoma metastasis model.
Douglas Hanahan, Nadine Fournier, Krisztian Homicsko, Mélanie Louise Tichet, Agnieszka Alicja Chryplewicz, Jeremy Gilles Louis Guillot, Simge Yücel, Mohammad Sadegh Saghafinia, Inti Zlobec, Yuqing Xie, Dalya Ataca, Qiqun Zeng, Fleuriane Marie Tryskele Laurene Gallean, Peng Zhang, Lucine Christe