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Hyperthermia
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Hyperthermia
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Wielding heat as a weapon -- Mar 19, 2006
...than would otherwise be possible. Scientists think hyperthermia probably fights cancer in several ways. "When you combine heat and ... Los Angeles Times,
BSD Medical seeks FDA OK for device -- Mar 24, 2006
Developed specifically to allow treatment access for cancer located deep in the ... That action heats cancerous tissue to the point of hyperthermia, breaking down ... BusinessWeek
Summer Sun, Summer Fun and Heat-Related Ills -- Mar 27, 2006
...know since they are not as popular as heart attack, diabetes, cancer and all ... if the stress becomes too great, which results in accelerated hyperthermia with an ... Blogcritics.org,
Heat Helps Breast Cancer Patients -- Mar 1, 2006
...types of cancer. HYPERTHERMIA FOR CANCER: There are two main ways in which hyperthermia can be used to treat cancer. One way is ... WFtv.com,
'Hyperthermia Could Turn Out to be Among the Most Powerful ... -- Mar 6, 2006
The Boston Globe article names four mechanisms by which hyperthermia fights cancer: 1. "When you combine heat and radiation, the cell-killing of cancer cells ... PR Newswire (press release),
'Hyperthermia Could Turn Out to be Among the Most Powerful ... -- Mar 6, 2006
According to an article in Cancer following 68 patients, hyperthermia combined with radiation and chemotherapy produced a 90% complete remission for patients ... Yahoo! News (press release)
Medical Breakthrough -- Heat Helps Breast Cancer Patients -- Mar 9, 2006
And now, that same technology may help breast cancer patients live longer. At Duke University, the hyperthermia, or heat room, is the newest way to treat tumors ... WQAD,
Turning up the heat helps shrink tumors -- Mar 10, 2006
Hyperthermia could turn out to be among the most powerful anti-cancer weapons. ... Scientists think hyperthermia fights cancer in several ways. ... Baltimore Sun,
Weighting cancer drugs to make them hit tumors harder -- Mar 2, 2006
...cancer-killing effects," said Mark Dewhirst, DVM, Ph.D., a co-author of the paper who is a radiation biologist and director of the Duke Hyperthermia Program. ... PhysOrg.com,
Jacqueline Kellogg, hospital volunteer -- Mar 9, 2006
There are now three Kellogg Cancer Care centers in Evanston ... of Evanston Hospital's irradiated thyroid evaluation clinic and hyperthermia program; volunteer data ... Pioneer Press Online,
Head of shut clinic defends alternatives -- Feb 26, 2006
Northern California resident was suffering from Hodgkins lymphoma cancer that begins in ... the injection of minerals through an IV) and hyperthermia (an intense ... Long Beach Press-Telegram,
For the record -- Mar 7, 2006
...surname of surgeon William B. Coley was misspelled in the Health/Science section yesterday in the Health Sense column about hyperthermia treatment for cancer. ... Boston Globe,
Companion Treatment for BSD Medical's System Becomes 'Gold ... -- 25 Jan 2006
Creating hyperthermia in cancerous tissue is used to kill cancer directly and to make companion radiation and/or chemotherapy treatments more effective. ... Market Wire (press release)
Dr Totada Shanthaveerappa: Alternative Healer or Quack? -- Jan 2, 2006
...from outside and maintain this temperature in the tissues and cells.� He has two US Patents relating to the treatment of cancer using hyperthermia: 5.195,965 ... INDOlink,
Good Deeds: Readers give thanks -- Jan 15, 2006
...stomach cancer but only wanted one coat for her 15-year-old daughter. Bob, in his 60s, was off his meds, diabetic, and ailing with pneumonia and hyperthermia. ... Annapolis Capital,
RSNA News Cover Article Focuses Attention on Hyperthermia Cancer ... -- Nov 29, 2005
Two clinical studies showing the impact of hyperthermia in treating cancer were specifically cited by RSNA News. In the first study ... PR Newswire (press release),
Treated patients support Stockbridge doctor -- Dec 21, 2005
...wrote that he treated a lady dying with septic shock with peritoneal hyperthermia. ... his patients say, is hope after all other accepted cancer treatments had ... Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),
New Report Details Discrimination of Older Adults in United States -- Dec 19, 2005
...aged 65 and above receive the appropriate screenings for bone mass, colorectal and prostate cancer and glaucoma. ... Heat wave-related hyperthermia kills about ... SeniorJournal.com,
BSD Medical’s Cancer Treatment Is Cover Story for 60,000 at ... -- Dec 1, 2005
...chemotherapy treatments. Two clinical studies showing the impact of hyperthermia therapy in treating cancer were cited by RSNA News. In the ... Investor's Business Daily (subscription)
(PRN) - Parts Now! Achieves Service Goals With Servigistics ... -- Nov 29, 2005
GearBox Lineup ... [+. PRN) - RSNA News Cover Article Focuses Attention on Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy ... [+. PRN) - New Study ... Bolsamania.com,
Novel procedure adds heat to fight vs. some cancers -- Nov 24, 2005
Hyperthermia involves gradually raising the temperature of cancer-riddled tissue to anywhere from 105 to 113 degrees - not enough to burn, but as if there's a ... AZ Central.com,
Putting The Heat On Cancer -- Nov 28, 2005
The Treatment Is Called Hyperthermia, And Westchester Medical Center's Doctor Chitti Moorhy Says ... 49-Year-Old Katherine Knight's Breast Cancer Has Spread To Her ... CBS 5 - Green Bay,
ThermaSolutions Announces ThermoChem(TM) HT-1000 System Receives ... -- Nov 28, 2005
Since 1992, ViaCirq has pioneered the development of ThermoChem(TM) technology to advance cancer treatment through safe and reliable hyperthermia innovations. ... Genetic Engineering News,
Local researchers join in national effort to study health impact ... -- Nov 30, 2005
...the effects of various toxic substances on breast-cancer development, how ... mercury, nutritional changes, and physical factors such as hyperthermia (exposure to ... uwnews.org,
Baxter Launches First Sevoflurane in China and Announces Phased ... -- Dec 12, 2005
...in patients with known or suspected susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia. ... the treatment of complex medical conditions, including cancer, hemophilia, immune ... PR Newswire (press release),
Genmab Announces Responses With HuMax-CD4(TM) in Non-Cutaneous T ... -- Dec 12, 2005
...by investigator: 1 patient had 2 grade 1 SAEs, hyperthermia and hypotension; 1 ... Genmab has numerous products in development to treat cancer, infectious disease ... Yahoo! News (press release)
Hyperthermia May Improve Response to Doxil® in Metastatic Breast ... -- Nov 11, 2005
...hyperthermia device could only cover a specified area of skin, some patients had areas of cancer that did not fit in the hyperthermia field; cancer response to ... Cancer Consultants (press release),
Procedure turns up heat on cancer, helps other therapies work ... -- Oct 24, 2005
...and other researchers discovered that two-thirds of breast cancer patients who had mastectomies saw their recurrent tumors disappear when hyperthermia was used ... Salt Lake Tribune,
BSD Medical Reports Largest Conference of US Radiation Oncologists ... -- Oct 26, 2005
...it approximately tripled the rate of disappearance of recurrent breast cancer, as opposed to radiation treatments alone, and (2) when hyperthermia therapy was ... PR Newswire (press release),
‘Ecstasy’ may damage the brain’s physical defences -- Nov 14, 2005
Typically after a big ecstasy binge, animals suffer hyperthermia, fatigue and ... ranging as schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and terminal cancer. New Scientist (subscription),
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumours -- Nov 8, 2005
...why some genes become cancer causing. Since tumours are more sensitive to heat than normal tissue, research scientists are testing hyperthermia as a treatment ... Health24.com,
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More information on
Hyperthermia from the National Cancer Institute
Hyperthermia (also called thermal therapy or thermotherapy) is a type of cancer treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures (up to 113°F). Research has shown that high temperatures can damage and kill cancer cells, usually with minimal injury to normal tissues. By killing cancer cells and damaging proteins and structures within cells, hyperthermia may shrink tumors.
Hyperthermia is under study in clinical trials (research studies with people) and is not widely available.
How is hyperthermia used to treat cancer?
Hyperthermia is almost always used with other forms of cancer therapy, such as radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Hyperthermia may make some cancer cells more sensitive to radiation or harm other cancer cells that radiation cannot damage. When hyperthermia and radiation therapy are combined, they are often given within an hour of each other. Hyperthermia can also enhance the effects of certain anticancer drugs.
Numerous clinical trials have studied hyperthermia in combination with radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy. These studies have focused on the treatment of many types of cancer, including sarcoma, melanoma, and cancers of the head and neck, brain, lung, esophagus, breast, bladder, rectum, liver, appendix, cervix, and peritoneal lining (mesothelioma). Many of these studies, but not all, have shown a significant reduction in tumor size when hyperthermia is combined with other treatments. However, not all of these studies have shown increased survival in patients receiving the combined treatments. More from the National Cancer Institute
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