[Clinical results of hyperthermia alone in the treatment of refractory human tumors].
Retrospective analysis of patients with refractory tumors which were treated with hyperthermia alone in five institutions was performed. Hyperthermia was applied to 30 refractory tumors including 19 deep-seated tumors for a total of 427 sessions by 8 MHz or 13.56 MHz radiofrequency capacitive heating devices. Of the 30 tumors treated, 3 (10%) showed complete regression and 2 (7%) more than 50% regression. Although tumor regression was observed in small tumors, large deep-seated tumors did not respond to heat alone. Thus, response rate of hyperthermia alone was lower than expected, although subjective improvement by hyperthermia was noted in 53% patients. We consider that hyperthermia should be combined with radiation or chemotherapy whenever possible.
Nishimura
Y
Y
Hiraoka
M
M
Jo
S
S
Abe
M
M
Terashima
H
H
Tsuchiya
T
T
Ueda
K
K
Karasawa
K
K
Muta
N
N
Tainaka
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012780:Short-Wave Therapy