Conformal microwave array (CMA) applicators for hyperthermia of diffuse chest wall recurrence

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 686-698

  Stauffer, Paul R ^a   MacCarini, Paolo ^a   Arunachalam, Kavitha ^a   Craciunescu, Oana ^a   Diederich, Chris ^b   Juang, Titania ^a   Rossetto, Francesca ^b   Schlorff, Jaime ^c   Milligan, Andrew ^c   Hsu, Joe ^b   Sneed, Penny ^b   Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bionix Development Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest wall recurrence; Conformal applicator; Microwave array; Superficial hyperthermia

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMAL MICROWAVE ARRAY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MASTECTOMY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION APPLICATOR; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY; THORAX WALL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MICROWAVES; RECURRENCE; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 77956908396     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.501511     Document Type: Review

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