Shock wave therapy alone has no impact on cancer growth
Cancer remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality throughout the world. Several types of cancer do not respond to first line therapies, such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and one of the major challenges is to find effective anticancer treatments able to completely eradicate the tumor, while keeping systemic toxicity at minimum . In recent decades, various tumor-targeted therapeutic approaches have been developed at a molecular, cellular and tissue level.