Can. In the 19th century, there were already observations of a decrease in tumors under the influence of high body temperature against the background of some kind of infection.
Heat affects our body in different ways. Moderate heat attracts blood to the affected area and speeds up the healing of something.
If the cells of our body are heated more strongly, they will die out. The cells can actually cook up if the temperature is too high. But if the temperature is slightly lower than deadly high, then the cells will not die right now, but become vulnerable and start the process of programmed cell death inside themselves. We have already discussed such a thing. You can read these articles from the links below.
So cancer cells from exposure to high temperatures become vulnerable to radiation or chemicals. The fact is that heat destroys those proteins that are responsible for repairing damaged DNA. This process in cancer cells is not going well anyway.
In addition, a cancerous tumor is often not properly supplied with blood and does not know how to effectively remove heat from itself. Due to this, it quickly overheats and dies.
A pleasant bonus was that the high temperature usually does not spoil the immune system, but rather stimulates it. This helps to fight the tumor naturally. Neither chemistry nor radiation can do this.
Everything would be fine, but so far they have not learned how to supply heat selectively to the tumor. Well, that is, they use ultrasound or radio waves, like in a microwave, to heat some special drugs captured by the tumor. But all this is very approximate. As from a cannon to sparrows. This works best in superficial tumors.
Back in the fifties of the last century, there were attempts to treat cancer metastases in the lymph nodes with heat. The drug self-propelled itself into the lymph nodes like ordinary dirt through the lymphatic vessels, and then this place was heated with radio waves. A very elegant solution.
Now oncologists are learning to use antibodies and other biological things that could deliver metal particles more precisely to cancer cells. Well, methods of browning and temperature control are also evolving. This is the future.
Worst of all is heating the whole body. It's so easy to cook a human. They do something like that, but it's very risky. Do not dream that by steaming properly in the bath, you will kill your cancer. Rather kill yourself.
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