Oncothermia treatment of cancer: From the laboratory to clinic

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-165

  Andocs, G ^a   Szasz, O ^a   Szasz, A ^a  

^a St Istvn University   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical; Electric field; Hyperthermia; In vitro; In vivo; Oncothermia

Indexed keywords

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CASE-REPORTS; CLASSICAL COUNTERPART; CONVENTIONAL HEATING; ENERGY CONCENTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MALIGNANT CELLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE MODELS; SELECTIVE PROCESS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNERGIC EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CHEMOTHERAPY; HEATING; PROTEINS; TUMORS;

EXPERIMENTS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AGED; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

EID: 74049136002     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15368370902724633     Document Type: Article

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