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Hyperthermia and the Therapy of Malignant Tumors
Christian . Ed(S): Streffer
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Description for Hyperthermia and the Therapy of Malignant Tumors
Paperback. Editor(s): Streffer, Christian. Series: Recent Results in Cancer Research. Num Pages: 208 pages, 63 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJCL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 387.
Tumour therapy depends essentially on being able to destroy the clonogenic activity of tumour cells while keeping the damage to the normal tissue low. Clinical experience shows that tumour response varies greatly even if tumours with the same localisation, clinical, and histopathological staging are compared. Some tumours appear to be resistant to conventional radiotherapy (X-rays, y-rays or fast electrons) or chemotherapy. In these cases new therapy modalities are necessary. Combined therapy modalities seem to have advan- tages for some resistant tumours; one possibility of such a treatment is to combine radiotherapy or chemotherapy with hyperthermia. This means that the local ... Read more
Tumour therapy depends essentially on being able to destroy the clonogenic activity of tumour cells while keeping the damage to the normal tissue low. Clinical experience shows that tumour response varies greatly even if tumours with the same localisation, clinical, and histopathological staging are compared. Some tumours appear to be resistant to conventional radiotherapy (X-rays, y-rays or fast electrons) or chemotherapy. In these cases new therapy modalities are necessary. Combined therapy modalities seem to have advan- tages for some resistant tumours; one possibility of such a treatment is to combine radiotherapy or chemotherapy with hyperthermia. This means that the local ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Recent Results in Cancer Research
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642829574
SKU
V9783642829574
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