Variations of dose and electrode spacing for rat breast cancer electrochemical treatment

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-211

  Ren, Ru Long ^a   Vora, Nayana ^a   Yang, Frank ^a   Longmate, Jeff ^a   Wang, Warner ^a   Sun, Helen ^a   Li, Jian Ren ^a   Weiss, Lawrence ^a   Staud, Cecil ^a   McDougall, John A ^a   Chou, Chung Kwang ^a,b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative therapy; Direct current; EChT; Necrosis; Survival; Tumor

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; PATHOLOGY; RATS;

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; DIRECT-CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ELECTRODE SPACING; IMPLANTED ELECTRODES; LOCAL CONTROL; NECROSE; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RESPONSE;

TUMORS;

MARTES PENNANTI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 18044403530     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.40     Document Type: Article

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