Hyperthermia – Short Term Diathermy

Hyperthermia – Short Term Diathermy

Hyperthermia use microwaves controlled by a computer targeting the cancer mass, raising the internal temperature of the cancer cell approximately 107 to 108 Fahrenheit.

In basic terms, you are “boosting” the benefits of IPT low dose chemo and immunotherapy with heat! For patients whose cancers have become more resistant to chemotherapy, hyperthermia is also showing promise in making those situations work better as well.

There are several reasons as to how the uses of hyperthermia work in fighting cancer:

  • Increases the immune system cells capacity to kill cancer cells. (i.e. macrophage, lymphocyte, cytotoxic T cells, dendritic cells.)
  • Increases lymphocyte recruitment and trafficking into the tumor area.
  • Increases heat-shock proteins.
  • Increases blood flow/oxygen (i.e. hypoxic tumors).
  • Makes tumor cell walls more “leaky” or weaker; allowing cancer-killing medicines to enter the cell more easily.
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