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CRC Press
348 Pages
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CRC Press
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In the last decade the use of interstitial microwave antennas to deliver localized and controlled power to deep-seated tumours has been explored in institutes around the world. Simultaneously the field of brachytherapy also progressed as clinicans began to develop new implantation approaches for a variety of tumour sites, thereby promoting the insertion of catheters which could serve as conduits... Read more
Prospects for interstitial hyperthermia, Ch. Coughlin; physics of microwave hyperthermia, B.S. Trembly et al; physics of interstitial hyperthermia - radiofrequency and hot water tube techniques, J.W. Hand et al; the biology of hyperthermia combined with low rate radiation. E.L. Jones and E.B. Douple; clinical applications of interstitial hyperthermia, K.H. Luk; interstitial thermoradiotherapy - the University of Arizona experience, D.S. Shimm et al; interstitial thermoradiotherapy in the treatment of malignant tumours, B. Emami; interstitial hyperthermia - general overview and preliminary results, J.P. Gerard et al; interstitial hyperthermia in brain - the clinical experience, D.W. Roberts; microwave hyperthermia for benign prostatic hyperplasia and adenocarcinoma of the prostate, T.Z. Wong; intraoperative hyperthermia, A.J. Milligan et al. Appendices: role of blood flow in hyperthermia, Chang W. Song; thermobiology of human tumour cells, spheroids and xenografts, E.K. Rofstad.
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