Heating technology for malignant tumors: A review

HP Kok, ENK Cressman, W Ceelen… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The therapeutic application of heat is very effective in cancer treatment. Both hyperthermia,
ie, heating to 39–45° C to induce sensitization to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and …

Thermal ablation and high-temperature thermal therapy: overview of technology and clinical implementation

CJ Diederich - International journal of hyperthermia, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
High-temperature hyperthermia or thermal therapy is being applied for destruction of
cancerous tissue, eradication or reduction of benign tumours and targeted tissue …

Thermal therapy, part 1: an introduction to thermal therapy

RWY Habash, R Bansal, D Krewski… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2006 - dl.begellhouse.com
Thermal therapy is widely known and electromagnetic (EM) energy, ultrasonic waves, and
other thermal-conduction-based devices have been used as heating sources. In particular …

Physical hyperthermia and cancer therapy

JG Short, PF Turner - Proceedings of the IEEE, 1980 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In general, malignant cells are more sensitive to heat than are normal cells in the range of
41-45° C. In addition, most clinically apparent tumors (above 1-cm diameter) have blood …

Evolving technology for thermal therapy of cancer

PR Stauffer - International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is intended as a succinct review of technology used for clinical hyperthermia
therapy for cancer, as culled from a presentation at the special workshop on Thermal …

A review of hyperthermia combined with radiotherapy/chemotherapy on malignant tumors

W Rao, ZS Deng - Critical Reviews™ in Biomedical …, 2010 - dl.begellhouse.com
Therapeutic hyperthermia is a procedure that involves heating tissues to a higher
temperature level, typically ranging from 41 C to 45 C. Its combination with radiotherapy …

Hyperthermia–description of a method and a review of clinical applications

A Chicheł, J Skowronek, M Kubaszewska… - Reports of Practical …, 2007 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to give a concise description of hyperthermia and a brief review of its
clinical applications. Hyperthermia (HT, thermal therapy) is thought to be one of the cancer …

[PDF][PDF] Introduction: non-invasive thermometry for thermotherapy

GC Van Rhoon, P Wust - International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
As stated by Stauffer and Goldberg [1], thermo-or thermal-therapy encompasses all
therapeutic treatments based on the transfer of thermal energy into or out of the body. They …

Hyperthermia production for cancer therapy: a rewien of fundamentals and methods

DA Christensen, CH Duraey - journal of microwave power, 1981 - Taylor & Francis
The commonly used electromagnetic and ultrasonic techniques for producing hyperthermia
for cancer therapy are reviewed and compared. Advantages and disadvantages of various …

Thermal therapy, part 2: hyperthermia techniques

RWY Habash, R Bansal, D Krewski… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2006 - dl.begellhouse.com
Hyperthermia, the procedure of raising the temperature of a part of or the whole body above
normal for a defined period of time, is applied alone or as an adjunctive with various …