Misonidazole
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Misonidazole is a radiosensitizer
used in radiation therapy
to cause normally resistant hypoxic
tumor cells to become sensitive to the treatment.
Radiosensitizer
A radiosensitizer is a drug that makes tumor cells more sensitive to radiation therapy.One of the major limitations of radiotherapy is that the cells of solid tumors become deficient in oxygen. Solid tumors can outgrow their blood supply, causing a low-oxygen state known as hypoxia...
used in radiation therapy
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy , radiation oncology, or radiotherapy , sometimes abbreviated to XRT or DXT, is the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells.Radiation therapy is commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control...
to cause normally resistant hypoxic
Hypoxia (medical)
Hypoxia, or hypoxiation, is a pathological condition in which the body as a whole or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply. Variations in arterial oxygen concentrations can be part of the normal physiology, for example, during strenuous physical exercise...
tumor cells to become sensitive to the treatment.