Excised human neoplastic tissues are more sensitive to heat than the adjacent normal tissues

European Surgical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 254-259

  Maehara, Y ^a   Kusumolo, T ^a   Kusumoto, H ^a   Anai, H ^a   Akazawa, K ^a   Sugimachi, K ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Gastric cancer; Heat sensitivity; SDI test

Indexed keywords

SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023689546     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: 14219921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000128770     Document Type: Article

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