title: Animal modeling and thermal dose.
abstract: This article reviews historical clinical data wherein correlations were observed between simple descriptors of temperature distributions and prognosis from thermoradiotherapy. Methods for obtaining more accurate descriptor that could be tested in the future for their prognostic validity are discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Dewhirst
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis