News :
Impact of Hyperthermia on Quality of Life (QoL): Pain Relief, Fatigue Reduction, and Adjuvant Immunological Benefits Hyperthermia and Survival of Cancer Patients: Clinical Evidence Demonstrating an Increase in Overall Survival (OS) by Over 50% Therapeutic Integration of Hyperthermia in Modern Oncology: A Critical Analysis of Phase III Trials and Meta-Analyses (OS, DFS, CR Endpoints) Quasi feasibility study(case control) associating deep local hyperthermia treatment with standard cancer treatments and describing patterns of response ESHO Preliminary results of chemoradiation plus hyperthermia and high dose rate brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical carcinoma ESHO
Clinical trials about amplitude modulated RF-HyperThermia
The Andromedic HYDEEP 600WM, a deep local hyperthermia (mHT) device for targeted RF-hyperthermia therapy has been used in several clinical trials. Explore the clinical results and learn more about locoregional hyoperthermia from a clinical point of view
Clinical research with Andromedic HyDeep 600WM amplitude modulate hyperthermia device
Other clinical research about amplitude modulate hyperthermia
mHT as adjuvant, neoadjuvant and palliative therapy to support oncological/neoplastic pathologies
Extensive research has been conducted using amplitude modulated RF-hyperthermia in conjunction with various chemoradio or immuno therapies or as stand alone or as palliative treatment
A recent reviews regarding the Clinical Validation of mHT can be read here
An impressive collection of European clinical studies & results with oncological hyperthermia was also presented by our colleague Prof. Dr. Giammaria Fiorentini (Coordinator of the Italian Network of the International Society of Clinical Hyperthermia since 2020) : Hyperthermia – clinical trials results and case reports by G Giorentini 20 sept 2023 room 9 Rome
Scientific papers Hyperthermia
- Regional hyperthermia combined with radiotherapy for cervical cancers: a prospective multi-institutional randomized trial by the International Atomic Energy Agency
- A novel strategy of radiofrequency hyperthermia (neothermy) in combination with preoperative chemoradiotherapy for the treatment of advanced rectal cancer: a pilot study
- Immune-related effects of local hyperthermia in patients with primary liver cancer
- Reirradiation plus regional hyperthermia for recurrent non-small cell lung cancer: a potential modality for inducing long-term survival in selected patients
- 8 MHz radiofrequency capacitive regional hyperthermia radiotherapy for stage III non-small cell lung cancer: radiofrequency power output correlates with intraesophageal temperature and clinical outcomes
- Deep regional hyperthermia for the entire thoracic region using an 8MHz radiofrequency capacitive heating device: Relationship between radiofrequency output power and intra-esophageal temperature and predictive factors for good warming in 59 patients
- Hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy for patients with residual or recurrent esophageal cancer after definitive chemoradiotherapy
- Definitive radiotherapy plus regional hyperthermia with or without chemotherapy for superior sulcus tumors: a 20-year, single-center experience
- Feasibility study of postoperative intraperitoneal hyperthermochemotherapy using a radiofrequency capacitive heating system for advanced gastric cancer with peritoneal seeding
- Quality Assurance Guide for Clinical Trials of Superficial Hyperthermia
- Quality Assurance Guide for Clinical Trials of Superficial Hyperthermia
- Effect of tumor properties on energy absorption, temperature mapping, and thermal dose in 13.56 MHz radiofrequency hyperthermia
- Hyperthermia combined with radiotherapy in locally advanced recurrent or metastatic disease
- The utility of movable insulating plates for optimizing the deep heating area for regional hyperthermia using a capacitively coupled heating method: phantom, simulation, and prospective clinical studies
- Locoregional hyperthermia of deep tumors applied with capacitive and radiative systems: a simulation study
- Bevacizumab-based chemotherapy combined with deep regional capacitive hyperthermia in patients with metastatic cancer: a pilot study
- A comparison of the heating characteristics of capacitive and radiative superficial hyperthermia
- Quality Assurance: Recommended Guidelines for Safe Heating by Capacitive Heating Technique for Treating Patients with Metallic Implants
- Thermo-chemo-radiotherapy for advanced biliary tract carcinoma
- Numerical model for deep regional RF capacitive hyperthermia in pelvic tumors
- Capacitive hyperthermia appears to improve pain response during palliative radiotherapy of painful bone metastases
- Preliminary results of chemoradiation plus hyperthermia and high-dose rate brachytherapy for locally advanced cervical carcinoma
- Feasibility of local deep hyperthermia treatment in combination with standard cancer treatments and response patterns
- Quasi-feasibility study (case-control) associating deep local hyperthermia treatment with standard cancer treatments and describing the response pattern.
mHT GUIDELINES
- Quality Assurance Guide for Clinical Trials of Superficial Hyperthermia: I. Clinical Requirements
- Guidelines for clinical application, documentation and analysis of clinical trials for deep regional hyperthermia
- Hyperthermia Equipment User Guide. 1. Capacitively Coupled Heating
- Quality Assurance: Recommended Guidelines for Safe Heating by Capacitive Heating Technique for Treating Patients with Metallic Implants