Cold plasma cancer therapy / Michael Keidar, Dayun Yan and Jonathan H. Sherman.

By: Keidar, Michael [author.]Contributor(s): Yan, Dayun [author.] | Sherman, Jonathan H [author.] | Morgan & Claypool Publishers [publisher.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.]Material type: TextTextSeries: IOP (Series)Release 6 | IOP concise physicsPublisher: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2019]Distributor: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781643274348 ebookSubject(s): Cancer -- Therapy | Low temperature plasmas -- Therapeutic use | Neoplasms -- therapy | Plasma Gases -- therapeutic use | Plasma physics | SCIENCE / GeneralAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 616.99406 LOC classification: RC271.L68 K453 2019ebNLM classification: QZ 266Online resources: e-book Full-text access Also available in print.
Contents:
1. Plasma as a fourth state of matter -- 1.1. Plasma types -- 2. Introduction to the non-thermal plasmas
3. The anti-cancer effect of cold atmospheric plasma in vitro -- 3.1. The research status -- 3.2. The specific vulnerability of cancer cells to CAP -- 3.3. The long-term cellular responses -- 3.4. The selective anti-cancer effect -- 3.5. The sho
4. The anti-cancer mechanism of cold atmospheric plasma in vitro -- 4.1. The activation of cancer cells -- 4.2. The reactive species -- 4.3. The rise of intracellular ROS -- 4.4. The selective anti-cancer mechanism
5. The anti-cancer effect of CAP treatment in vivo -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The in vivo demonstration -- 5.3. The clinical demonstration -- 5.4. Mechanism -- 5.5. Reactive species and skin
6. Indirect CAP treatment, the application of the cold atmospheric plasma-activated solutions in cancer treatment -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The CAP-activated medium -- 6.3. The reactive species in PAS -- 6.4. The principles to make PAS
7. Adaptive plasmas and recent progress in plasma application in cancer therapy -- 7.1. Plasma self-organization phenomena -- 7.2. Adaptive plasma devices -- 7.3. MPC-based adaptive plasma platform
8. Clinical applications of cold atmospheric plasma for glioblastoma -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Cold atmospheric plasma as a potential mediator of immune stimulation -- 8.3. Cold atmospheric plasma-mediated inflammation as a promoter of mesenc
Abstract: Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has emerged as a possible new modality for cancer treatment. This book provides a comprehensive introduction into fundamentals of the CAP and plasma devices used in plasma medicine. An analysis of the mechanisms of

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1. Plasma as a fourth state of matter -- 1.1. Plasma types -- 2. Introduction to the non-thermal plasmas

3. The anti-cancer effect of cold atmospheric plasma in vitro -- 3.1. The research status -- 3.2. The specific vulnerability of cancer cells to CAP -- 3.3. The long-term cellular responses -- 3.4. The selective anti-cancer effect -- 3.5. The sho

4. The anti-cancer mechanism of cold atmospheric plasma in vitro -- 4.1. The activation of cancer cells -- 4.2. The reactive species -- 4.3. The rise of intracellular ROS -- 4.4. The selective anti-cancer mechanism

5. The anti-cancer effect of CAP treatment in vivo -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The in vivo demonstration -- 5.3. The clinical demonstration -- 5.4. Mechanism -- 5.5. Reactive species and skin

6. Indirect CAP treatment, the application of the cold atmospheric plasma-activated solutions in cancer treatment -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The CAP-activated medium -- 6.3. The reactive species in PAS -- 6.4. The principles to make PAS

7. Adaptive plasmas and recent progress in plasma application in cancer therapy -- 7.1. Plasma self-organization phenomena -- 7.2. Adaptive plasma devices -- 7.3. MPC-based adaptive plasma platform

8. Clinical applications of cold atmospheric plasma for glioblastoma -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Cold atmospheric plasma as a potential mediator of immune stimulation -- 8.3. Cold atmospheric plasma-mediated inflammation as a promoter of mesenc

Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has emerged as a possible new modality for cancer treatment. This book provides a comprehensive introduction into fundamentals of the CAP and plasma devices used in plasma medicine. An analysis of the mechanisms of

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Michael Keidar is the A. James Clark Professor of Engineering at George Washington University. His research concerns advanced spacecraft propulsion, plasma-based nanotechnology, and plasma medicine. He has authored over 260 journal articles and

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