Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: A Primer
Following an introductory overview, Hyperthermia In Cancer Treatment: A Primer comprehensively describes the biological reasons for associating hyperthermia with radiation and chemotherapy and the biological and clinical effects of hyperthermia on cancero
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Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: A Primer Gian Franco Baronzio, M.D. Radiotherapy Unit Policlinico di Monza Monza, Italy
E. Dieter Hager, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. Department of Hyperthermia BioMed-Klinik GmbH Bad Bergzabern, Germany
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This Book Is Dedicated to: My tender wife, Anna, to Attilio, Paul Junior and Miriam, my dear children who unselfishly endured my work. My father, Paul Senior, and my mother, Louise, who inspired my life and without whom I would never have achieved what I have. Peter M. GuUino, Gian Luigi Monticelli and Fulvio Pezza, my teachers who helped me to mature from a naiVe scientist to a more mature physician and who share their knowledge, experience and friendship. Gian Franco Baronzio My wife Claudia, to my dear children Marsha, Jonas and Simon, to my teachers in hyperthermia, and to all the scientists doing tough research in the emerging field of hy
