Hyperthermia could turn out to be among the most powerful anticancer weapons yet, says a press release in Boston Globe; a leading paper in USA, Mark Dewhirst recently quoted eight positive clinical trials involving Hyperthermia and Radiation or Chemotherapy. The euphoria generated in the eighties, waned quickly. There weren’t enough positive trials to sustain the enthusiasm and attention of the oncologists. Emergences of effective cytotoxic drugs meant, obscurity of Hyperthermia as a modality. The scenario is fast changing.
Hyperthermia as a modality of cancer treatment, is reemerging. The technology of heating has improved. Sales of heating machines have increased in USA, after the modality was considered eligible for reimbursements by leading insurance agencies. The growth of sales in China, also have increased. Sadly, India, the future super power, has only two established centers…
