Importance of contact surface between electrodes and treated tissue in electrochemotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-399

  Čorović, Selma ^a,b,c   Al Sakere, Bassim ^a,b   Haddad, Vincent ^a   Miklavčič, Damijan ^c   Mir, Lluis M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tumor; DNA electrotransfer; Electric field distribution; Electrochemotherapy; Electrodes; Electropermeabilization; Electroporation; Gene electrotransfer; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTRODE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53549109164     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700507     Document Type: Article

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