Clinical application of spectral electromagnetic interaction in breast cancer: Diagnostic results of a pilot study

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Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-212

  De Cicco, Concetta ^a   Mariani, Luigi ^a   Vedruccio, Clarbruno ^b   Ricci, Carla ^c   Balma, Massimo ^d   Rotmensz, Nicole ^a   Ferrari, Mahila Esmeralda ^a   Autino, Elena ^d   Trifirò, Gluseppe ^a   Sacchini, Virgilio ^e   Viale, Giuseppe ^f   Paganelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b National Cancer Institute ^*  (Italy)

^c Policlinico S Orsola Malpighi   (Italy)

^d GALILEO AVIONICA   (Italy)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological resonance; Breast lesion; Electromagnetism (EM); Neoplasm; Nonlinear resonance interaction (NLRI); TRIMprob

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE RESONANCE INTERACTION METHOD PROBE;

EID: 33746268364     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160609200304     Document Type: Article

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