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4) How?
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Hyperthermia
1) Heat up tumors up to 41 ºC – 45 ºC (106 ºF – 113 ºF)
2) Non ablative
3) Boosting therapy for CT / RT
What is it?
What is it NOT?
Stand alone therapy
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Hyperthermia What for?
RT/CT target: DNA DAMAGE
Int J Hypert 2012, 28(6):509-517
Who does perform DNA repair process?
How?
7. Hyperthermia What for?
Mechanism of radiosensitization by hyperthermia as derived from studies with DNA repair defective mutant cell lines. Kampinga HH et al.,
INT. J. HYPERTHERMIA VOL. 20, NO.2(MARCH 2004), pp. 131–139
Effects of hyperthermia on DNA repair pathways: one treatment to inhibit them all.
Oei AL et al.,
Radiat Oncol. 2015 Aug 7;10:165.
Radiosensitization of heat resistant human tumour cells by 1 hour at 41.1 degrees C and its effect on DNA repair. Xu M. et al.
Int J Hyperthermia. 2002 Sep-Oct;18(5):385-403
8. Hyperthermia What for?
Dynamics of Cell Membrane Permeability Changes at Supraphysiological Temperatures.
J. C. Bischof,et al. Biophys J. 1995(68): 2608-2614
Membrane Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Hyperthermia.
Int J Rad Biol on Physics, Chemistry & Med. 1995 49(5):743-770
Int J Hyperthermia 2013. 29(6):528-538
9. Hyperthermia What for?
Hyperthermia effects:
1. DNA repair inhibition
2. Drug uptake improvement
3. Abscopal effect enhancement (HSP70Antigen collector)
4. Hypoxic volume reduction
5. Cell cycle redistribution
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12. Hyperthermia
Adding hyperthermia to the standard treatment has been proved to improve
respone ratio: (Level 1)
- Advanced Cervix(van der Zee 2000)
- Breast recurrency (Vernon 1996, Jones 2005)
- Soft tissue sarcoma(Issels 2008)
- H&N recurrency (Valdagni 1994)
- Advanced bladder cancer (Colombo 2003)
- Anus (Kouloulias 2005)
- Cell tumours (Wessalowski 1998)