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Whole Body Hyperthermia: Biological and Clinical Aspects

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Michel Gautherie

    1. Laboratoire de Thermologie Biomédicale, Université Louis Pasteur Institut National de la Santé et de la Récherche Médicale, Strasbourg Cedex, France

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Part of the book series: Clinical Thermology (CLIN THERM)

Part of the book sub series: Thermotherapy (1289)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 1-5

  3. Hyperthermia and the Immune System

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 6-15

  4. WBH and Ionizing Irradiation

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 16-28

  5. WBH and Chemotherapy

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 29-46

  6. Clinical and Biophysical Aspects of Systemic Hyperthermia

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 47-62

  7. WBH Animal Studies

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 63-64

  8. Special Consideration for the Future

    • Michel Gautherie
    Pages 65-68

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 69-85
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About this book

1. 1 Background neoplastic diseases which are currently refractory to conventional therapy. All aspects of both preclinical Anticancer effects of elevated (noncauterizing) tem­ and clinical WBH, ranging from molecular biology perature were first observed in ancient Egyptian times and physiology to WBH methodologies and clinical (Oleson and Dewhirst 1983). Hippocrates trials, will be comprehensively reviewed. It is our in­ (460-377 B. C. ) later incorporated fever therapy into a tention to provide the reader with a definitive resource homeopathic approach to disease (Le. , treating a dis­ of to evaluate the current status and future potential ease with a symptom of that disease). In the fourth WBH. In so doing, we will attempt to present the vari­ century, Refus of Ephesus advocated the use of fever ous perspectives and insights derived from the efforts induction to treat malignant diseases (Kluger 1980). of investigators throughout the world. We hope this In the nineteenth century tumor regressions accompa­ will encourage an expanded investigative commitment nying high fevers were reported both by Busch and to this exciting and innovative approach to cancer Bruns (Busch 1866; Bruns 1888). At the end of the therapy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Laboratoire de Thermologie Biomédicale, Université Louis Pasteur Institut National de la Santé et de la Récherche Médicale, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Michel Gautherie

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Whole Body Hyperthermia: Biological and Clinical Aspects

  • Editors: Michel Gautherie

  • Series Title: Clinical Thermology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84596-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-84598-7Published: 25 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-84596-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 84

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oncology, Radiotherapy, Human Physiology, Internal Medicine

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