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Main Title Oncothermia: Principles and Practices [electronic resource] /
Type EBOOK
Author Szasz, Andras.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Szasz, Nora.
Szasz, Oliver.
Publisher Springer Netherlands,
Year Published 2011
Call Number RC261-271
ISBN 9789048194988
Subjects Medicine ; Oncology ; Cytology ; Mathematics ; Medical Education ; Statistics
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9498-8
Collation XIII, 565p. 472 illus. in color. online resource.
Notes
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes
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. 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 significant controversy, mostly stemming from shortcomings of controlled energy delivery. Oncothermia has been able to overcome these insufficiencies and prove to be a controlled, safe and efficacious treatment option. This book is the first attempt to elucidate the theory and practice of oncothermia, based on rigorous mathematical and biophysical analysis, not centered on the temperature increase. It is supported by numerous in-vitro and in-vivo findings and twenty years of clinical experience. This book will help scientists, researchers and medical practitioners in understanding the scientific and conceptual underpinnings of oncothermia and will add another valuable tool in the fight against cancer. Professor Andras Szasz is the inventor of oncothermia and the Head of St Istvan University's Biotechnics Department in Hungary. He has published over 300 papers and lectured at various universities around the world. Dr. Oliver Szasz is the managing director of Oncotherm, the global manufacturer and distributor of medical devices for cancer treatment used in Europe & Asia since the late 1980s. Dr. Nora Szasz is currently a management consultant in healthcare for McKinsey & Co.