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RSNA News November 2005 Hyperthermia Regains Attention as Cancer Treatment Strategy Radiation Oncologists have been exploring heat therapy as an adjunct to radiation for at least 40 years. Hyperthermia, however, seems to have retained its novelty — a perpetual newcomer in a world where surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the much more established players. Hyperthermia, as a radiosensitizer, is used in treating a few cancers in some radiation oncology departments. It is not often considered a standard adjunct, like chemotherapy, and, up until now, national guidelines for treating specific tumors have not included hyperthermia. A randomized trial published last May in the Journal of Clinical Oncology demonstrated that hyperthermia combined with radiation significantly improved response rates in breast cancer patients who had recurring tumors on the chest wall. [...] Read the full article:  rsna_200511.pdfPDF-File [1,08MB] | |
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