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BioMed Research International
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 878319, 15 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/878319
Review Article

Low Temperature Plasma: A Novel Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer?

Adam M. Hirst,1 Fiona M. Frame,2 Norman J. Maitland,2 and Deborah O’Connell1

1Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
2YCR Cancer Research Unit, Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK

Received 16 December 2013; Accepted 6 February 2014; Published 13 March 2014

Academic Editor: Giovanni Luca Gravina

Copyright © 2014 Adam M. Hirst et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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