Hyperthermia - so-called one kind of thermotherapy, directed to treatment of malignant neoplasms. This method of destruction of tumor cells of tissues affected by heating to relatively high temperatures (about 45 C). Hyperthermia applied practically in combination with other treatment techniques - typically, radiation or chemotherapy.
The principle of operation is simple hyperthermia - high temperature kills / damage cancer cells, making the rest more sensitive to radiation therapy, as well as certain types of chemicals.
Repeatedly conducted studies set the sensitivity of a number of malignancies (gastrointestinal, respiratory tract, genitalia, as well as mesothelioma of the peritoneum, some sarcomas and melanomas) to high temperatures.
Hyperthermia in oncology involves various procedures - by local heating to scale (e.g., whole abdominal cavity). A notable example is the method of local hyperthermia radiofrequency ablation, currently being actively introduced into clinical practice. This is when a cancerous tumor the heat generated by high-energy radio waves. To do this, place Cancer lesion special electrodes are introduced, and that a high energy is transmitted tissues temperature.
When tumors in the abdominal cavity is involved special method "hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy" when abdominal cavity entered toxic chemical solutions of high temperature, together with other drugs.
Of course, the decision on the appointment of cancer patients hyperthermia as a treatment is received accompanying the patient's oncologist on the basis of medical history, taking into account the stage of development and the current human being. And it is obvious that the effectiveness of this method in each particular case will depend directly on how quickly It was diagnosed with the disease, and what measures have already been taken at the time of the appointment of this particular "temperature" method.
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