Oxygen has a significant prognostic effect on cancer treatment, with well-oxygenated regions being more sensitive to radiotherapy than low oxygen regions. Better understanding of oxygen distribution could allow escalation of dose to hypoxic regions and better prognosis.
2020 Science Fellow and member of the Mathematical Institute, Dr. Alex Fletcher, is co-author on Oxygen Consumption Dynamics in Steady-State Tumour Models and was interviewed by the Royal Society to coincide with the inaugural issue of their new journal Open Science. He talks about his research into oxygen and cancer and the importance of open science.