Electro-sensitisation of mammalian cells and tissues to ultrasound: A novel tumour treatment modality

Cancer Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-55

  Rollan Haro, A M ^a   Smyth, A ^a   Hughes, P ^a   Reid, C N ^a   McHale, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; CEFUS; Combined therapy; Electric fields; Electrochemotherapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKEMIA CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 17444425340     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.09.033     Document Type: Article

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