Microwave thermotherapy
Encyclopedia
Microwave thermotherapy, also called microwave therapy, is a type of treatment in which body tissue is heated by microwave
irradiation to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation
and certain anticancer drugs.
Microwave
Microwaves, a subset of radio waves, have wavelengths ranging from as long as one meter to as short as one millimeter, or equivalently, with frequencies between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF , and various sources use different boundaries...
irradiation to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation
Radiation
In physics, radiation is a process in which energetic particles or energetic waves travel through a medium or space. There are two distinct types of radiation; ionizing and non-ionizing...
and certain anticancer drugs.
External links
- Microwave therapy entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms