Bioelectromagnetic field effects on cancer cells and mice tumors

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 132-143

  Berg, Hermann ^a   Gnther, Bernd ^b   Hilger, Ingrid ^b   Radeva, Maria ^c   Traitcheva, Nelly ^c   Wollweber, Leo ^c  

^a Laboratory Bioelectrochemistry   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Hyperthermia; Non invasive PEMF; Photodynamic effect; Synergism

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCINS; HYPERTHERMIA; NON-INVASIVE; PHOTODYNAMIC EFFECT; SYNERGISM;

CELL DEATH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; PEPTIDES; SOLENOIDS; TUMORS;

HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY;

MUS; SOLENOIDEA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL STRAIN K 562; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; K562 CELLS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; MICE; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 78349275361     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: 15368386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15368371003776725     Document Type: Article

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