[Clinical experience of 8MHz RF hyperthermia with radiotherapy of cancer of the uterine cervix].
During the period from September, 1983 to December, 1985, 12 patients with cancer of the uterine cervix were treated with 8MHz RF local hyperthermia, combined with radiotherapy. Out of 7 advanced cases, 3 achieved CR, 3 PRa (80-100% regression) and 1 PRb (50-80% regression) and out of the 5 cases with the recurrent cases, the results were: 3 PRa, 1 PRb, and 1 NC. It is worth noting that CR was obtained in huge tumors which are unable to be controlled by radiotherapy alone. In 3 cases, pain was experienced on the pubic bone, and in 3 other cases, skin burns, Grade II or III, occurred as complications.
D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*