Growth of injected melanoma cells is suppressed by whole body exposure to specific spatial-temporal configurations of weak intensity magnetic fields

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 79-88

  Hu, Jing H ^a   St Pierre, Linda S ^a   Buckner, Carly A ^a   Lafrenie, Robert M ^a,b,c   Persinger, Michael A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUDBURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency modulated; Magnetic fields; Melanoma; Mice; Nocturnal exposures; Spatial configurations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MELANOMA CELL; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTES, TUMOR-INFILTRATING; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC;

MUS;

EID: 77249126460     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553000903419932     Document Type: Article

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