Cavitation-induced drug delivery in tumors for cancer chemotherapy: Animal studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4257, Issue , 2001, Pages 393-397

  Esenaliev, R ^a   Larina, I ^a   Ivanova, Y ^a   Ashitkov, T ^a   Thomas, R ^a   Evers, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Cavitation; Colon tumor; Interstitium; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMOTHERAPY; IRRADIATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; POLYSTYRENES; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

COLON TUMORS; ULTRASOUND RADIATIONS;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 0034875138     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.434726     Document Type: Conference Paper

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