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Consensus on Hyperthermia for the 1990s

Clinical Practice in Cancer Treatment

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
  2. Chapters

    1. Clinical Use of Regional Hyperthermia

      • Haim I. Bicher, Ralph S. Wolfstein
      Pages 1-20
    2. Local Tumor Hyperthermia in the 1990s

      • Padmakar P. Lele
      Pages 37-46
    3. Consensus of Hyperthermia for the 1990s

      • Homayoon Shidnia
      Pages 47-49
    4. 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
    5. Instrumentation for Clinical Hyperthermia

      • G. C. van Rhoon, G. van den Bos, J. van der Zee
      Pages 57-77
    6. The Use of Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment

      • U. Raymond, Tsutomu Sugahara
      Pages 79-94
    7. Heat Shock Proteins

      • Beppino C. Giovanella
      Pages 95-98
    8. Interstitial Hyperthermia (IHT): Technical Problems and Methodology

      • P. Gabriele, F. Ozello, V. Tseroni, Ed. Madon, R. Ragona
      Pages 121-127
    9. 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
    10. Hyperthermia for the Treatment of Brain Tumors

      • Roy C. Page, Gregory F. Ricca, F. Curtis Dohan Jr.
      Pages 145-153
    11. Hyperthermia and the Liver

      • Anders Hugander
      Pages 155-159
    12. Quality Control of a Hyperthermia System

      • Adele Emilia Sichirollo, Giancarlo Zonca, Guido Ogno
      Pages 161-166
    13. Radiant Heat Systemic Hyperthermia Clinical Trials

      • H. Ian Robins, Justin D. Cohen
      Pages 189-196
    14. 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

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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