Effects of hyperthermia on bladder cancer.
A study of the effect of bladder lavage with isotonic fluid at 45 degrees C on proliferative transitional cell carcinoma has shown definite cancericidal changes. These early studies suggest that further investigation of hyperthermia on a larger scale would be worth while.
D001706:Biopsy; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003558:Cystoscopy; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D009336:Necrosis; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization