Adjuvant approaches to enhance cryosurgery

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Goel, Raghav ^a   Anderson, Kyle ^b   Slaton, Joel ^b   Schmidlin, Franz ^c   Vercellotti, Greg ^b   Belcher, John ^b   Bischof, John C ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Clinic des Grangettes   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Apoptosis; Cryoablation; Cryoadjuvants; Cryobiology; Cryodestruction; Cryoinjury; Cryosurgery; Freezing; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANTS; APOPTOSIS; CRYOABLATION; CRYOADJUVANTS; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYODESTRUCTION; CRYOINJURY; NECROSIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL DEATH; CRYOSURGERY; DISEASE CONTROL; ORGANIC ACIDS; THAWING; TISSUE;

FREEZING;

AMINO ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NAVELBINE; RECOMBINANT TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR TARGETING AGENT; VINBLASTINE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROADENOMA; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; CELL DAMAGE; CHRONIC PAIN; COLON CANCER; CRYOABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; FREEZING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KELOID; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE CANCER; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCAR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; THAWING; UTERUS BLEEDING; UTERUS MYOMA; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; PREMEDICATION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; PREMEDICATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 70349934603     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3156804     Document Type: Review

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