Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma Success of Combined Treatment: Hyperthermia, Radiation, Chemotherapy

1. Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Success of Combined Treatment:
Hyperthermia, Radiation, Chemotherapy
888-580-5900
Thermaloncology.com

2. Brief Recent Medical History
•Diagnosis: Late 2012
Dec, 2013
•Treatments:
•Taxol
•Carboplatin
•Hyperthermia & Radiation Therapy:
Jan, 2014
•Lung metastatic squamous cell
carcinoma, unknown primary
•Large metastatic neck tumor

3. Jan. 2014

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8. Mar. 2014

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10. Hyperthermia Improves Response Rates
When Used As A Combined Therapy
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RT or Chemo Alone
Hyperthermia + RT/CT
Percent%
Clinical Trial Results
¹Valdagni et al., 1993
²Overgaard et al., 1995
³Issels et al., 2010
⁴Colombo et al., 2010
⁵Van der Zee., 2000
⁶Vernon et al., 1996
⁷Hurwitz et al., 2011
⁸Kakehi et al., 1990
⁹Jones et al., 2005
¹⁰Vernon et al., 1996

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About Cyrus Rafie:
ThermalOncology.com
Cyrus Rafie is one of the foremost expert of hyperthermia in the world. During the last 25
years, Cyrus personally treated or oversaw hyperthermia treatments, for more than 2,500
patients, and exceeding 10,000 treatment sessions..

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About Beverly Hills Thermal Medicine:
The Center for Thermal Oncology is an advanced cancer treatment center specializing in
hyperthermia treatment. Hyperthermia (also known as “thermal therapy”) is a means of
using heat to treat cancer. It is used primarily with radiation therapy. Our physicians also pair
it with chemotherapy and sometimes a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. The
heat is administered by a hyperthermia machine, which uses ultrasound (sound waves),
microwaves or another form of energy to create heat within the tumor.
Heat generated by hyperthermia helps to sensitize cancer cells to radiation therapy, thereby
making your radiation treatments significantly more effective than if given alone. The two
therapies work together to fight the growing cancer cells. Heat also prevents the cancer cells
from repairing the cancer-damaging effects of radiation.