Tumour remission in rats by irradiation with non-thermal power levels microwaves

Author

Sajin, George ; Sandulescu, Teodor ; Moraru, Victoria ; Sajin, Maria

Author_Institution

Nat. Res. Inst. for Microtechnologies, Bucharest, Romania

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3913

Abstract

Describes results for a nonconventional method to cure malignant tumours using microwaves with non-thermal power levels. A number of 25 rats were grafted with cancerigenic cells. 10 from these animals were kept as controls and 15 were irradiated with microwaves in 7.5 GHz-10.5 GHz frequency range and non-thermal power levels densities (less than 5 mW/cm²). A total and definitive tumoral remission was ascertained for 12 irradiated rats; for 2 experimental animals there was a tumoral recurrence and they died. All control animals died, maximum survival time being 34 days.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; cancer; cellular effects of radiation; radiation therapy; tumours; 34 day; 7.5 to 10.5 GHz; cancerigenic cells; control animals; irradiated rats; malignant tumours; maximum survival time; nonthermal power levels densities; nonthermal power levels microwave irradiation; rats; tumoral recurrence; tumour remission; Animals; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Cancer; Frequency; Horn antennas; Microwave antennas; Microwave theory and techniques; Rats; Tumors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019696

Filename

1019696