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Hyperthermia therapy

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Hyperthermia therapy
A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.
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This study was designed to determine whether intermediate doses of radiation (mean dose of 74 Gy) enhanced by hyperthermia therapy and androgen suppression therapy could achieve similar positive results in local control and disease free survival without the significant toxicity associated with higher radiation doses.
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The previously reported article in press shows the 12-year clinical follow-up data for a landmark phase III study comparing the clinical results for advanced cervical cancer patients treated with radiation and hyperthermia therapy to those for patients treated with radiation alone.
New Publication Report -- Hyperthermia Plus Cisplatin as a Treatment ... by Business Wire
AMEX:BSM) today announced that the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics has released a 7-page "article in press" containing the 12-year clinical follow-up data for a landmark study comparing the clinical results for advanced cervical cancer patients treated with radiation and hyperthermia therapy to those for patients treated with radiation alone.
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