Transferrin as a thermosensitizer in radiofrequency hyperthermia for cancer treatment

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 13505 - 11
• Main Authors: Chung, Hea-Jong, Lee, Heui-Kwan, Kwon, Ki Beom, Kim, Hyeon-Jin, Hong, Seong-Tshool
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.09.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 13/106; 14/5; 14/63; 59/5; 631/67/1059/153; 64/60; 692/700/565/1436/99; Blood circulation; Cancer; Cancer therapies; Fever; High temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hyperthermia; multidisciplinary; Paclitaxel; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Tissues; Transferrins; Vascularization; Xenografts

One of the main characteristics of cancer tissues is poor development of neovascularization that results in a limited blood circulation. Because of this phenomenon, it is harder for cancer tissues to diffuse their elevated heat into other parts of the body. The scientific principle of radiofrequency...