[OT] Hyperthermia treatment helps cancer patients

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A Victory for Hyperthermia in Bladder Cancer

Sunday, 15 November 2009

There was another victory for the use of regional deep hyperthermia in the

treatment of cancer. The latest victory occurred in the treatment of

high-risk bladder cancer. Heat treatment, delivered via the BSD 2000

machine, improved such patients' five-year survival rate from 67 to 80

percent. The local tumor control rate went from 63 to 81 percent. In

addition, the disease-specific survival was 88 percent, metastasis-free

survival was 89 percent, and the bladder-preserving rate was 96 percent at

three years.

By Ralph W. Moss

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http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/285/2/lang,english/

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Thanks. Just a note that results with regional deep

hyperthermia is not likely to be applicable for a systemic

(i.e., blood) cancer. Karl

A Victory for Hyperthermia in Bladder Cancer

Sunday, 15 November 2009

There was another victory for the use of regional deep

hyperthermia in the

treatment of cancer. The latest victory occurred in the

treatment of

high-risk bladder cancer. Heat treatment, delivered via the BSD

2000

machine, improved such patients' five-year survival rate from 67

to 80

percent. The local tumor control rate went from 63 to 81

percent. In

addition, the disease-specific survival was 88 percent,

metastasis-free

survival was 89 percent, and the bladder-preserving rate was 96

percent at

three years.

By Ralph W. Moss

Full story

http://www.cancerdecisions.com/content/view/285/2/lang,english/

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