Table 1

Summary of results for all tumour xenografts

Tumour model

CNR calculated by FRI (AU)a

FMT (nmol/l)

VVF (%)b

BVPD (BVPs/mm2)


MDA-MB435: melanoma

389 ± 72 (n = 10)

229 ± 90 (n = 4)

3.58 ± 0.9 (n = 4)

399 ± 36 (n = 6)

HT1080: fibrosarcoma

232 ± 99 (n = 11)

92 ± 65 (n = 5)

1.9 ± 0.7 (n = 4)

128 ± 38 (n = 6)

MCF7: adenocarcinoma

185 ± 57 (n = 9)

65 ± 50 (n = 6)

0.75 ± 0.5 (n = 4)

59 ± 10 (n = 6)

DU4475: adenocarcinoma

167 ± 79 (n = 13)

49 ± 22 (n = 4)

0.8 ± 0.5 (n = 4)

78 ± 16 (n = 6)


Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Note that the data generated by fluorescence imaging technologies (FRI, FMT) correlate well with in in vivo (VVF) and ex vivo (BVDP) surrogate markers of tumour angiogenesis. aCalculated 24 hours after intravenous injection of SIDAG. bMeasured using magnetic resonance imaging. AU, arbitrary units; BVP, blood vessel profile; BVPD: blood vessel profiles density; FMT, fluorescence-mediated tomography; FRI, fluorescence reflectance imaging; VVF, vascular volume fraction.

Wall et al. Breast Cancer Research 2008 10:R23   doi:10.1186/bcr1875

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