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“Patients received single oral doses of nicotinamide 40 mgkg-1 and pentoxifylline 1200 mg 2h before a 10-min period of carbogen gas breathing, corresponding to peak plasma concentrations of these drugs.”
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology • 2002 | View Paper
“The median tumor pO2 increased from a mean +/- S.E.M. of 4.1 +/- 1.1 mm Hg in saline-treated control mice to … Hg 15 min after NA, 7.6 +/- 1.4 mm Hg 60 min after PTX, and 6.7 +/- 1.1 mm Hg after NA … PTX ….”
“We hypothesized that the combination of pentoxifylline (PTX) and nicotinamide (NA) can reduce the radioresistance of FSaII murine fibrosarcoma by improving oxygenation of the hypoxic tumour cells.”