Frequency and irradiation time-dependant antiproliferative effect of low-power millimeter waves on RPMI 7932 human melanoma cell line

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2 A, 2005, Pages 1023-1028

  Beneduci, Amerigo ^a   Chidichimo, Giuseppe ^a   De Rose, Renata ^a   Filippelli, Luigi ^a   Straface, Serafina V ^b   Venuta, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Millimeter waves; Monochromatic irradiation mode; RPMI 7932; Wide band irradiation mode

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOW POWER MILLIMETER WAVE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MELANOMA CELL RPMI 7932; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; MICROWAVES;

EID: 17444420816     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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