Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 430-440 , March 2010

Sonoporation Mediated Immunogene Therapy of Solid Tumors

  • Garrett Casey

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • James P. Cashman

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • David Morrissey

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • Maria C. Whelan

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • John O. Larkin

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • Declan M. Soden

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • Mark Tangney

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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  • Gerald C. O'Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital and Leslie C. Quick Jnr. Laboratory, BioScience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
    • Department of Surgery, Mercy University Hospital, Grenville Place, Cork, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Gerald C. O'Sullivan, Cork Cancer Research Centre, Mercy University Hospital, Grenville Place, Cork, Ireland.

Received 6 March 2009 ,Revised 12 November 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.11.005

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 430-440 , March 2010

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