Thermal therapies

Hirsch, L.R., Stafford, R.J., Bankson, J.A., Sershen, S.R., Rivera, B., Price, R.E., Hazle, J.D., Halas, N.J. and West, J.L (2003) Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100, 13549-13554. 

El-Sayed, I.H., Huang, X. and El-Sayed, M.A. (2006) Selective laser photo-thermal therapy of epithelial carcinoma using anti-EGER antibody conjugated gold nanopartides. Cancer Letters, 239, 129-135. 

Visaria RK, Griffin RJ, Williams BW, Ebbini ES, Paciotti GF, Song CW, Bischof JC (2006) Enhancement of tumor thermal therapy using gold nanoparticle-assisted tumor necrosis factor-alpha delivery. Mol Cancer Ther 5 1014—1020... 

Gilreath JP, Motis TN, Santos BM, Noling JW, Locascio SJ, Chellemi DO (2005) Resurgence of soilbome pests in double-cropped cucumber after application of methyl bromide chemical alternatives and solarization in tomato. Hort Technology 15 797-801 Gokte N, Mathur VK (1995) Eradication of root-knot nematodes from grapevine rootstocks by thermal therapy. Nematologica 41 269-271... 

Hirsch LR, Stafford RJ, Bankson JA, et al. Nanoshell-mediated near infrared thermal therapy of tumors under MR Guidance. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2003 100 13549-54. 

In the first application, acoustic intensities of thousands of W/cm2 and tempera-tures in excess of 98°C are often used to coagulate cancerous tissues. This form of hyperthermia is often referred to as thermal therapy because of its extreme temperature and energy.43 Alternatively, lower ultrasound intensities (0.2 to several W/cm2) produce a mild increase in temperature (41 to 45°C), and enhance the cytotoxicity of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. The enhancing effect of ultrasound on radiation therapy has been linked to the radiosensitization effect of hyperthermia, which increases radiation damage and prevents subsequent repair.28 However, the precise mechanism for ultrasound-enhanced chemotoxicity is still the subject of debate. 

Incorporation of thermal therapy into a comprehensive treatment concept... 

Thermal therapies such as hyperthermia treatment rely on local heat generation rates several orders of magnitude greater than produced by the metaboHsm. Under these circumstances, the metaboHc heat generation is often neglected with Httle error. 

Kou, H.-S., T.-C. Shih, and W.-L. Lin, Effect of the directional blood flow on thermal distribution during thermal therapy an appHcation of a Green s function based on the porous model. Phys. 

Application of Gold Nanoparticles for Enhanced Photo-Thermal Therapy of... 

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