Diffuse optics are deep-tissue non-invasive monitoring techniques that quantify total hemoglobin concentration, blood oxygen saturation and blood flow. Although many demonstrated that diffuse optics are sensitive to changes induced by neoadjuvant chemotherapy in human with breast cancer, the effects of chemotherapeutic drug type, dose, duration, and timing on longitudinal hemodynamic responses are still not well-established. To investigate these effects, we performed longitudinal monitoring of hemodynamic parameters on syngeneic rodent models of breast cancer treated with various chemotherapeutic drugs often used in the clinic. Various doses and combination were explored based on the clinically equivalent dose and median lethal dose.
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