DocumentCode :
2560880
Title :
Low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma kills leukemia cells
Author :
Barekzi, Nazir ; Laroussi, Mounir
Author_Institution :
Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA, USA
fYear :
2012
fDate :
8-13 July 2012
Abstract :
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in children1. Breakthroughs such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors and other targeted treatments have increased overall patient survivability. However, chemotherapeutic agents can lead to acquired molecular resistance resulting in recurrent tumor tissue, severe toxicity in non-tumor tissues, and systemic side-effects. In order to circumvent these negative attributes of cancer treatment regimes, our work studies the effects of low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma on a cell line of human T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells.
Keywords :
biothermics; cancer; cellular effects of radiation; enzymes; inhibitors; paediatrics; tumours; ALL; acquired molecular resistance; acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells; cancer treatment regimes; cancers; cell line; chemotherapeutic agents; children; human T-cell; low temperature atmospheric pressure plasma; nontumor tissues; patient survivability; recurrent tumor tissue; severe toxicity; systemic side-effects; targeted treatments; tyrosine kinase inhibitors; Cancer; Educational institutions; Humans; Pediatrics; Plasma temperature; USA Councils;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
ISSN :
0730-9244
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383691
Filename :
6383691
Link To Document :
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