Focused microwave phased array thermotherapy for primary breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 326-332

  Gardner, Robert A ^a   Vargas, Hernan I ^b   Block, Jerome B ^b   Vogel, Charles L ^a   Fenn, Alan J ^c   Kuehl, Gary V ^a   Doval, Mariana ^a  

^a Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive microwave phased array; Breast cancer; Hyperthermia; Thermal dose; Thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRONE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036252291     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2002.9.4.326     Document Type: Article

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