[Cancer and Society] Hyperthermia in cancer: is it coming of age?
The Lancet Oncology
Interest in hyperthermia as an adjunct to conventional oncology treatments has increased over the past two decades. Hyperthermia now refers to heating tumours, tissues, or systems to temperatures of up to 42°C, either to sensitise tissue to conventional treatments, or to induce tumour regression. However, hyperthermia as therapy dates back millennia: liquids heated to vapour on stones or bricks were used to treat what was probably breast cancer by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.
Original Article: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70207-4/fulltext?rss=yes
Júlio Pereira
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