title: [Clinical results of hyperthermia alone in the treatment of refractory human tumors].
abstract: 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.
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authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: M
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authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Terashima
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authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
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authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: K
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authors.lastname: Karasawa
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authors.lastname: Muta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tainaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D012780:Short-Wave Therapy