Transmission electron microscopy study of the effects produced by wide-band low-power millimeter waves on MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in culture

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2 A, 2005, Pages 1009-1013

  Beneduci, Amerigo ^a   Chidichimo, Giuseppe ^a   Tripepi, Sandro ^a   Perrotta, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell ultrastructure; MCF 7 human breast carcinoma cell line; Wide band low power millimeter waves irradiation

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW POWER MILLIMETER WAVE; MICROVILLUS; MITOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVEFORM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES;

EID: 17444381197     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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