Tumor thermal ablation therapy using alkali metals as powerful selfheating seeds

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Rao, Wei ^a   Liu, Jing ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Alkali metal; Exothermic chemical reaction; Minimally invasive treatment; Physical therapy; Self heating seeds; Targeted tumor thermal ablation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR THERMAL ABLATION THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HEAT; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; METALS, ALKALI; NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM; SWINE;

EID: 39149112261     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700701803826     Document Type: Article

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