Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment
CNBC story on using hyperthermia devices to treat cancer.Hyperthermia therapy is a treatment used in battling cancer by heating tumors.The Heating is about as warm as a hot tub. Research has shown that heat can damage or kill cancer cells in some tumors while also making radiation and chemotherapy more effective. While it has been known for hundreds of years that fevers can kill cancer, only recently has technology been developed that can control and focus heat specifically on tumors. Local …
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November 17th, 2008 at 1:18 am
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HIFU, high intensity ultrasound, is used in 61 centres in Europe on Kidney and prostate tumours – see CANCERactive in the UK for more. It is a cheap alternative to surgery, without the side effects, and for prostate has a 87.7 per cent 5 year survival. It is just about to be trialled (against cryosurgery) at MD Anderson. It should be much more widely used. See also the work of Holt in Australia.