DNA double-strand breaks induced by cavitational mechanical effects of ultrasound in cancer cell lines.

Ultrasonic technologies pervade the medical field: as a long established imaging modality in clinical diagnostics; and, with the emergence of targeted high intensity focused ultrasound, as a means of thermally ablating tumours. In parallel, the potential of [non-thermal] intermediate intensity ultra...

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Main Authors: Yukihiro Furusawa, Yoshisada Fujiwara, Paul Campbell, Qing-Li Zhao, Ryohei Ogawa, Mariame Ali Hassan, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Ichiro Takasaki, Akihisa Takahashi, Takashi Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3250400?pdf=render