Oncothermia: Principles and Practices

• Main Authors: Szasz, Andras (Author), Szasz, Nora (Author), Szasz, Oliver (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Oncology.; Cell biology.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Medical education.; Statistics.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Cell Biology.; Medical Education.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Applications of Mathematics.

Oncothermia is the next generation medical innovation that delivers selective, controlled and deep energy for cancer treatment. The basic principles for oncothermia stem from oncological hyperthermia, the oldest approach to treating cancer. Nevertheless, hyperthermia has been wrought with significan...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Oncology – treatments and their limits
• 2. Hyperthermia results and Challenges
• 3. Thermo-bio-physics
• 4. Oncothermia – New kind of Oncologic Hyperthermia
• 5. Acknowledgement
• 6. References.