Synergetic thermal therapy for cancer: state-of-the-art and the future

Q Dai, B Cao, S Zhao, A Zhang - Bioengineering, 2022 - mdpi.com
As a safe and minimal-invasive modality, thermal therapy has become an effective treatment
in cancer treatment. Other than killing the tumor cells or destroying the tumor entirely, the …

Recent advances in thermal treatment techniques and thermally induced immune responses against cancer

JF Bai, P Liu, LX Xu - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past decades, techniques for tumor diagnosis and treatment have been significantly
advanced. However, the five-year survival rate of cancer patients remains low. New …

Fractional Pennes' bioheat equation: theoretical and numerical studies

LL Ferrás, NJ Ford, ML Morgado, JM Nóbrega… - Fractional Calculus and …, 2015 - Springer
In this work we provide a new mathematical model for the Pennes' bioheat equation,
assuming a fractional time derivative of single order. Alternative versions of the bioheat …

Three-dimensional numerical evaluation of skin surface thermal contrast by application of hypothermia at different depths and sizes of the breast tumor

TC Barros, AAA Figueiredo - Computer Methods and Programs in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective: Thermal procedures can provide improvements in the
thermal contrast of thermographic images in an attempt to diagnose early cases of breast …

Cryo-thermal therapy induces macrophage polarization for durable anti-tumor immunity

K He, S Jia, Y Lou, P Liu, LX Xu - Cell death & disease, 2019 - nature.com
Many cancer therapies are being developed for the induction of durable anti-tumor
immunity, especially for malignant tumors. The activation of antigen-presenting cells (APCs) …

Rationalization of thermal injury quantification methods: application to skin burns

BL Viglianti, MW Dewhirst, JP Abraham, JM Gorman… - Burns, 2014 - Elsevier
Classification of thermal injury is typically accomplished either through the use of an
equivalent dosimetry method (equivalent minutes at 43° C, CEM43° C) or through a thermal …

Numerical modelling of skin tumour tissue with temperature-dependent properties for dynamic thermography

J Iljaž, LC Wrobel, M Hriberšek, J Marn - Computers in Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Dynamic thermography has been clinically proven to be a valuable diagnostic technique for
skin tumour detection as well as for other medical applications, and shows many …

Iron Released after Cryo-Thermal Therapy Induced M1 Macrophage Polarization, Promoting the Differentiation of CD4+ T Cells into CTLs

S Wang, M Cheng, P Peng, Y Lou, A Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Macrophages play critical roles in both innate and adaptive immunity and are known for their
high plasticity in response to various external signals. Macrophages are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Interleukin-6 induced “acute” phenotypic microenvironment promotes Th1 anti-tumor immunity in cryo-thermal therapy revealed by shotgun and parallel …

T Xue, P Liu, Y Zhou, K Liu, L Yang, RL Moritz… - Theranostics, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cryo-thermal therapy has been emerged as a promising novel therapeutic strategy for
advanced breast cancer, triggering higher incidence of tumor regression and enhanced …

Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the effects of fractal vascular trees on tissue temperature and intracelluar ice formation during combined cancer therapy of …

Z Wang, G Zhao, T Wang, Q Yu, M Su, X He - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional cell-to-tissue multiscale model for quantitative evaluation of the
influences of vascular network on the treatment outcome of combined cancer therapy of …