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Life Sciences
Reports from Shanghai Jiao Tong University advance knowledge in life sciences
October 23rd, 2008
"Tumor vasculature damage induced by various thermal treatments has been studied in vivo via laser confocal microscopy. Murine mammary carcinoma 4T1 was implanted in the nude mice dorsal skin fold window chamber," scientists in Shanghai, People's Republic of China report. "The implanted tumor was treated by alternate cooling and heating. Results showed that the treatment was much more effective as compared with that of cooling or heating alone, especially in damaging the tumor vasculature. In general, tumor vascular response to thermal stimuli was heterogeneous. All the treatments of hyperthermia at 42 degrees C (for 1 h), alternate cooling at 1 degrees C and heating at...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-23)
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