Multimodal ultrasound mediated drug release model in local cancer therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1325-1333

  Myhr, Gunnar ^a  

^a CancerCure Technology Ltd   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; LIPOSOME;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RELEASE; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMAGING; IONIZING RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TARGET CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRASOUND;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; OSCILLOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 35448966228     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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