Electrochemical treatment of tumours

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Nilsson, Eva ^a   Von Euler, Henrik ^b   Berendson, Jaak ^a   Thörne, Anders ^c   Wersäll, Peter ^c   Näslund, Ingemar ^c   Lagerstedt, Anne Sofie ^b   Narfström, Kristina ^b   Olsson, Jerker M ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Pathol Infect Dis   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Direct current; Dose planning; Electrochemical treatment (EChT); Tumour

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BREAST CANCER; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIRECT CURRENT; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PENIS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKIN CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; TUMOR; VAGINA CANCER;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034079790     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(99)00073-2     Document Type: Review

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