Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s: Clinical Practice in Cancer Treatment

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Clinical Use of Regional Hyperthermia....Pages 1-20
The Basis for Hyperthermia Becoming the Fourth Cancer Treatment Modality in the 1990’s....Pages 21-36
Local Tumor Hyperthermia in the 1990s....Pages 37-46
Consensus of Hyperthermia for the 1990s....Pages 47-49
Micronuclei Assay — A Predictive Variable for Tumor Response to Treatment....Pages 51-55
Instrumentation for Clinical Hyperthermia....Pages 57-77
The Use of Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment....Pages 79-94
Heat Shock Proteins....Pages 95-98
Biochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in the Hyperthermic Treatment of Tumor Cells: An Outline....Pages 99-120
Interstitial Hyperthermia (IHT): Technical Problems and Methodology....Pages 121-127
Conductive, Interstitial Hyperthermia: A New Modality for Treatment of Intracranial Tumors....Pages 129-143
Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Brain Tumors....Pages 145-153
Hyperthermia and the Liver....Pages 155-159
Quality Control of a Hyperthermia System....Pages 161-166
Use of Local Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia....Pages 167-176
Extracorporeally Induced Total-Body Hyperthermia for Disseminated Cancer....Pages 177-188
Radiant Heat Systemic Hyperthermia Clinical Trials....Pages 189-196
Whole Body Hyperthermia and Intraperitoneal Carboplatin in Residual Ovarian Cancer....Pages 197-202
Overview of Whole Body Hyperthermia Experience at American International Hospital....Pages 203-208
Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy....Pages 209-216
Treating Advanced Melanoma with Hyperthermia in a Private Surgical Oncology Practice....Pages 217-221
The Role of Hyperthermic Perfusion in the Treatment of Tumors of the Extremities....Pages 223-234
Development of an Electrical Impedance Tomography System for Noninvasive Temperature Monitoring of Hyperthermia Treatments....Pages 235-243
The Role of Paramedical Personnel in the Field of Clinical Hyperthermia; Past, Present and Future....Pages 245-249
Procedures for Improving Therapeutic Gain....Pages 251-270
The Biological Responses to Heat....Pages 271-291
Perspectives and Hopes for the 1990s....Pages 293-296
Control of the Physical Parameters in Local Electromagnetic Hyperthermia....Pages 297-303
Experimental Use of Extensive Pre-Cooling of Subcutaneous Fatty Tissues in Radiofrequency Capacitive Heating....Pages 305-310
Four Element Computer Controlled 432 MHz Phased Array Hyperthermia System....Pages 311-313
Results of Deep Body Hyperthermia with Large Waveguide Radiators....Pages 315-319
Superficial and Intraurethral Applicators for Microwave Hyperthermia....Pages 321-326
Tripas: A Triapplicator System with Relocatable ‘Hot Spot’ at Tissue Depth....Pages 327-344
Non-Invasive Measurements in Hyperthermia: Radiometry and Previsional Thermometry....Pages 345-351
Local Hyperthermia for Superficial and Moderately Deep Tumors--Factors Affecting Response....Pages 353-367
Ultrasound and the Blood-Brain Barrier....Pages 369-381
Clinical Experience with Local Hyperthermia in Rotterdam....Pages 383-386
Whole Body Hyperthermia Experience in Breast Cancer at American International Hospital....Pages 387-391
New Clinical Aspects of Whole Body Hyperthermia....Pages 393-398
Thermal Induction and Temperature Control in the Hyperthermic Antiblastic Regional Perfusion with Extra Corporeal Circulation....Pages 399-403
Centred Radio-Frequency Hyperthermia in Solid Tumours....Pages 405-410
Local Hyperthermia for Deep Tumors....Pages 411-422
Thermoradiotherapy of Deep Seated Tumours of the Pelvis with the APA and Sigma Applicator....Pages 423-428
Intracavitary Hyperthermia Combined with H.D.R. Afterloading Irradiation in Vaginal Recurrences of Cervical Carcinoma....Pages 429-432
Local Microwave Hyperthermia and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Induced Bladder Outlet Obstruction....Pages 433-437
Thermoradiotherapy of Pelvic Tumours with the BSD 2000: first clinical results....Pages 439-447
Radiosensitizing Effect of Hyperthermia in Radioresistant Tumours....Pages 449-456
Hyperthermia and Hyperglycemia in the Tumors Therapy....Pages 457-462
Enhancing Thermoradiotherapy Efficacy by Hyperglycemia....Pages 463-470
Influence of Hyperthermia on Experimental Viral Infections in Vitro....Pages 471-475
Immunotherapeutical Strategies in Cancer Patients....Pages 477-482
Coley Toxins — The First Century....Pages 483-500
Generation of Non MHC Restricted Cytotoxic Immune Responses: Effects of “in Vitro” Hyperthermic Treatment....Pages 501-506
Responses of Immune System to Hyperthermia....Pages 507-509
Perspectives for the Combined Use of Photodynamic Therapy and Hyperthermia in Cancer Patient....Pages 511-520
Assessment of Combined Thermoradiotherapy in Recurrent of Advanced Carcinoma of the Breast....Pages 521-523
Local Hyperthermia for Treatment of Advanced Prostatic Carcinoma: Preliminary Results....Pages 525-529
An Overview of the Role of Radiation Therapy and Hyperthermia in Treatment of Malignant Melanoma....Pages 531-545
Clinical Relevance of Heat Shock Proteins....Pages 547-557
Back Matter....Pages 559-561