Laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive laser hyperthermia procedure for the treatment of localized tumors. Mathematical modeling of the photothermal processes in laser-irradiated tissues is essential for optimal treatment planning. In this study, A Monte Carlo method is introduced to simulate photon transport in the tumor tissues with complex geometries. The dual reciprocity...

Local treatment failure after globe-conserving therapy for choroidal melanoma is a surgical complication with significant morbidity to the vision and eye. Few reports in the literature have addressed this complication exclusively. A review of the published literature with reference to local treatment failure in the management of choroidal melanoma was performed to make known the potential diffe...

Background: A possible mechanism by which hyperthermia enhances tumor immunogenicity is the induction of NKG2D ligands on tumor cells. Although the expression of MHC class I chain-related protein A and B (MICA/B) has previously been reported in different carcinomas, there is no information about MICA/B expression in liposarcomas. Objective: To investigate MICA/B induction in a human liposarcoma...

thermotherapy is one of the tristeza management methods that was used in this study. thus 36 ͺ ‘thomson navel orange’ scions on soure orange rootstocks were placed in temperature controlled chamber (tcc) to investigate the effect of thermotherapy on elimination of tristeza virus. at first, the scions were inoculated by grafting of infected buds and after six months tested by elisa to ensure con...

elimination of potyviruses from two commercial iranian garlic populations, hamedan and azar-shahr, through thermotherapy and by meristem tip culture were investigated. the infected bulbs of either one of the populations were initially treated at 30o c for one week and then at 36oc for 5 weeks. the meristems of cloves at two sizes of 0.4-0.6 mm and 0.6-0.8 mm were then cultured on ms medium supp...

The symptom/clinical sign of spasticity constitutes a negative factor when considering FNR for both the quadruped animal and the human biped. The existence of multidisciplinary protocols, based on neuroscience, is essential for patients to develop a coordinated motor function. Thus, a multi-modal approach to spastic movement disorder is required. In the quadruped animal an association between t...

In sub-Saharan Africa, sweetpotato (Impomoea batatas L.) production is greatly constrained by sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD) complex. This study was conducted to assess the incidence of viruses in healthy-looking sweetpotato in Uganda and to optimise modern technologies for virus diagnosis. A collection of healthy-looking sweetpotato vines from central Uganda were serologically assayed for sw...

Soak feet with warm water is a combined therapy method of thermotherapy and hydrotherapy that works to release istamine bradykinin. The bradykinin causes vasodilation blood vessels. purpose the study: identify effect soaking on lowering pressure. Method:This research quantitative systematic review method. design used was Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) 9 studies.Results:Obtained from studies...