Combined intravesical hyperthermia and mitomycin chemotherapy: A preliminary in vivo study

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Rath Wolfson, Lea ^a,b   Moskovitz, Boaz ^c   Dekel, Yoram ^a   Kugel, Valentina ^a   Koren, Rumelia ^a,b  

^a HASHARON HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Mitomycin C; Superficial TCC; Synergo ; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MITOMYCIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER WALL; BLEEDING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEROSA; SHEEP; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVESICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MITOMYCIN; MODELS, ANIMAL; OMENTUM; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141615934     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2003.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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