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Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s

Clinical Practice in Cancer Treatment

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Haim I. Bicher

    1. Valley Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. John R. McLaren

    1. Emory Clinic, Atlanta, USA

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  3. Giuseppe M. Pigliucci

    1. II University of Rome, Rome, Italy

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 267)

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Table of contents (59 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Chapters

    1. Clinical Use of Regional Hyperthermia

      • Haim I. Bicher, Ralph S. Wolfstein
      Pages 1-20

    2. The Basis for Hyperthermia Becoming the Fourth Cancer Treatment Modality in the 1990’s

      • John R. McLaren, Paolo Pontiggia
      Pages 21-36

    3. Local Tumor Hyperthermia in the 1990s

      • Padmakar P. Lele
      Pages 37-46

    4. Consensus of Hyperthermia for the 1990s

      • Homayoon Shidnia
      Pages 47-49

    5. Micronuclei Assay — A Predictive Variable for Tumor Response to Treatment

      • Homayoon Shidnia, William Crabtree, Ned Hornback, Peter Young, Mary Hartson, Rong-Nian Shen
      Pages 51-55

    6. Instrumentation for Clinical Hyperthermia

      • G. C. van Rhoon, G. van den Bos, J. van der Zee
      Pages 57-77

    7. The Use of Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment

      • U. Raymond, Tsutomu Sugahara
      Pages 79-94

    8. Heat Shock Proteins

      • Beppino C. Giovanella
      Pages 95-98

    9. Biochemical and Ultrastructural Changes in the Hyperthermic Treatment of Tumor Cells: An Outline

      • Lucia Marcocci, Bruno Mondovi
      Pages 99-120

    10. Interstitial Hyperthermia (IHT): Technical Problems and Methodology

      • P. Gabriele, F. Ozello, V. Tseroni, Ed. Madon, R. Ragona
      Pages 121-127

    11. Conductive, Interstitial Hyperthermia: A New Modality for Treatment of Intracranial Tumors

      • J. Alexander Marchosky, Charles F. Babbs, Christopher J. Moran, Neal E. Fearnot, John A. DeFord, Deborah M. Welsh
      Pages 129-143

    12. Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Brain Tumors

      • Roy C. Page, Gregory F. Ricca, F. Curtis Dohan Jr.
      Pages 145-153

    13. Hyperthermia and the Liver

      • Anders Hugander
      Pages 155-159

    14. Quality Control of a Hyperthermia System

      • Adele Emilia Sichirollo, Giancarlo Zonca, Guido Ogno
      Pages 161-166

    15. Use of Local Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

      • Aharon Yerushalmi
      Pages 167-176

    16. Extracorporeally Induced Total-Body Hyperthermia for Disseminated Cancer

      • Shigemasa Koga, Michio Maeta
      Pages 177-188

    17. Radiant Heat Systemic Hyperthermia Clinical Trials

      • H. Ian Robins, Justin D. Cohen
      Pages 189-196

    18. Whole Body Hyperthermia and Intraperitoneal Carboplatin in Residual Ovarian Cancer

      • Justin D. Cohen, H. Ian Robins
      Pages 197-202

    19. Overview of Whole Body Hyperthermia Experience at American International Hospital

      • Ranulfo Sanchez, Robert D. Levin, Young Doo Kim, Alfonso Mellijor, Mary Ann Doyle, William Simonich et al.
      Pages 203-208
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About this book

Hyperthermia as a safe and effective cancer treatment modality is rapidly evolving propelled by widespread research and clinical efforts worldwide. Presentations on Hyperthermia experience are now commonplace at Oncology meetings, as are congresses dedicated entirely to the intertwined interactions between basic sciences and patient treatment that together are forming the structure of a new medical specialty. Such was the XII International Symposium on Clinical Hyperthermia held in Rome, Italy, April 27 - 29, 1989. Papers presented therein constitute the backbone of this book. Biology research has provided data describing mechanisms of action for the cancer cell killing and physiological effects of Hyperthermia. Physics research has led to the development of equipment enabling treatment of many areas of the human body, as well as explained the limitations that still constrain our ability to treat, especially in the areas of deep seated tumor heating and non-invasive thermometry. The main question that will decide the future of this modality is that of its clinical use. To put it succinctly, what do we do with this potentially useful tool in an everyday clinical oncological practice . •• ? This is the main question addressed in this book as "Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s. " The book in­ cludes 28 presented papers and 25 invited chapters from some of the leading experts in the field. Their basic mechanisms of action were physics principles, treatment quality assurance and especially, clinical indications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Valley Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, USA

    Haim I. Bicher

  • Emory Clinic, Atlanta, USA

    John R. McLaren

  • II University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Giuseppe M. Pigliucci

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s

  • Book Subtitle: Clinical Practice in Cancer Treatment

  • Editors: Haim I. Bicher, John R. McLaren, Giuseppe M. Pigliucci

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5766-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-5768-1Published: 17 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-5766-7Published: 08 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 572

  • Topics: Oncology, Pathology, Animal Physiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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