[Potentiation of the radiosensitizing effect of metronidazole using whole-body drug-induced hyperthermia]

Med Radiol (Mosk). 1985 May;30(5):43-5.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The total drug hyperthermia in the presence of metronidazole administration improves radiotherapeutic results in Pliss lymphosarcoma: tumor growth inhibition increases by 12.7-18.5%, tumor regression by 30.6-38.9%. A dose of 100 mg/kg of metronidazole combined with irradiation in the presence of moderate hyperthermia produces even a more noticeable radiosensitizing effect than a dose of 700 mg/kg without hyperthermia. A possibility of quite a high level of tumor radiosensitization with lower doses of metronidazole without toxic manifestations of the body was shown.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Hyperthermia, Induced*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / radiotherapy*
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use*
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Rats
  • Sulfisoxazole / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Metronidazole
  • Sulfisoxazole