Simulation of the effect of plasma species on tumor growth and apoptosis

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 47, 2014, Pages

  Murphy, William ^a   Carroll, Caitlin ^a   Keidar, Michael ^a  

^a The George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer model; cancer therapy; cold plasma; computational biology

Indexed keywords

CANCER MODELING; CANCER THERAPY; COLD PLASMAS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PLASMA SPECIES; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 84910025925     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/47/472001     Document Type: Article

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