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US 4,671,254 AGranted
Non-surgical method for suppression of tumor growth
AssigneeMemorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases
InventorWilliam R. Fair
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for the non-surgical treatment of tumors. The method of this invention involves the use of shock waves to effect subcellular destruction of tumor cells, to alter their tumorigenic potential, and to suppress tumor growth.
Claims16
A method for treating a tumor comprising tumor cells in vivo in the body of an animal, said method comprising the steps of exposing said tumor cells in vivo to a shock wave.
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