Hyperthermia today: Electric energy, a new opportunity in cancer treatment

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 41-46

  Fiorentini, Giammaria ^a   Szasz, Andras ^b  

^a SAN GIUSEPPE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Electric energy; Hyperthermia; Solid tumors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745260909     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.25848     Document Type: Review

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