By MEGAN SCUDELLARI May 9, 2011 Local hyperthermia boosts the effectiveness of cancer treatments by preventing DNA repair in tumor cells. Hyperthermia is occasionally used to augment the efficacy of certain cancer therapies, but how heat helps has been a…

Hyperthermia usually is taken to mean a body temperature that is higher than normal. High body temperatures are often caused by illnesses, such as fever or heat stroke. But hyperthermia can also refer to heat treatment – the carefully controlled…

Using heat to kill cancer cells This review is about whole-body Hyperthermia and its use to treat cancer. While hyperthermia used locally can liquify tumours, hyperthermia used as a whole-body treatment can improve the effectiveness of standard radiotherapy, chemotherapy and…