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New Hopes for Plasma-Based Cancer Treatment

Authors :
Kenji Ishikawa
Masaru Hori
Fumitaka Kikkawa
Shinya Toyokuni
Hiroaki Kajiyama
Hiromasa Tanaka
Masaaki Mizuno
Source :
Plasma. 1:150-155
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2018.

Abstract

Non-thermal plasma represents a novel approach in cancer treatment. Both direct and indirect plasma treatments are available, with clinical trials of direct plasma treatment in progress. Indirect treatments involve chemotherapy (i.e., plasma-activated medium) and immunotherapy. Recent studies suggest that integrated plasma treatments could be an extremely effective approach to cancer therapy.

Details

ISSN :
25716182
Volume :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Plasma
Accession number :
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