MR guided cancer treatment system for an elevated therapeutic index - A macroscopic approach

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 665-670

  Myhr, Gunnar ^a  

^a CancerCure Technology Ltd   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STEM CELL; CANCER THERAPY; CELL KILLING; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG RELEASE; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 38749120617     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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