Plasma in cancer treatment

Clinical Plasma Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2-7

  Schlegel, Jürgen ^a   Köritzer, Julia ^b   Boxhammer, Veronika ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer therapy; Cold atmospheric plasma; Plasma medicine; Plasma oncology; Selectivity; Tumour cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2AX; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLD ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA; DNA DAMAGE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CANCER; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PEROXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84888876952     PISSN: 22128166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpme.2013.08.001     Document Type: Review

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