Imaging Primary Lung Cancers in Mice to Study Radiation Biology
Academic Article
Overview
MeSH Major
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Lung Neoplasms
Mice, Transgenic
Models, Animal
X-Ray Microtomography
abstract
Micro-CT is an effective tool to noninvasively measure the growth of primary lung cancers in genetically engineered mice and assess tumor response to radiation therapy. This imaging approach will be useful to study the radiation biology of lung cancer.