Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess for the first time, the role of regional deep hyperthermia in combination with radiotherapy and systemic therapy in patients with poor prognosis of brain metastases (GPI ≤ 2.5).
67Ga scintigraphy was performed in a patient with fever of unknown origin. Left pneumonectomy had been performed two years previously for carcinoma of the lung. There were no cardiovascular or new pulmonary signs. Four weeks of in hospital investigation did not reveal the cause of the fever. 67Ga
BACKGROUND
There is no reliable treatment for penile tumor with lymph node metastasis.
METHODS
We report on a patient with a penile tumor with extensive regional metastasis that was successfully managed with combined laser hyperthermia, radiation and chemotherapy.
RESULTS
The patient has survived
BACKGROUND
Incorporation of doxorubicin hydrochloride into pegylated liposomes (PLD) may decrease chemotherapy side effects and increase the activity. Hyperthermia could further potentiate its effectiveness.
METHODS
A patient with skin metastases of breast carcinoma was treated with intravenous
The spleen is an infrequent metastatic organ of solid tumours, the prevalence of which ranges between 2.3% and 7.1% in populations with cancer as determined through autopsy. The most common sources of metastasis are breast, lung, colorectal and ovarian carcinoma and melanoma. Isolated metastasis of
Patients at advanced stage of colorectal cancer with liver metastases have been treated with deep hyperthermia alone or in combination with chemotherapy (5-FU + FA + MMC). Hyperthermia was achieved by arrangements of capacitive electrodes with a radiofrequency field of 13.56 MHz (RF-DHT). This
Of 67 patients with recurrent breast cancer accompanied by liver metastases admitted to our facility between January 1990 and August 1993, 8(12%) were found to have tumor-associated fever. We examined the characteristics of these patents. These patients had fever (over 38 degrees C) for more than
OBJECTIVE
Whole body hyperthermia (WBH) has been regarded as a promising alternative therapy to cure late stage cancer with metastasis. As the final biological and therapeutic effects are dependent on the specific protocol, the potential of using a microwave-based WBH approach for metastasis
Since the survival time of patients with bony metastases has noticeably improved in recent years, these patients are at high risk of complications associated with this metastasis. Hence, the appropriate choice of treatment modality or combination of therapeutic approaches can lead to We herein report a case of squamous cell carcinoma of the buccal mucosa with N3 cervical lymph node metastasis in a 63-year-old man. The patient was treated with combination therapy comprising radiotherapy (2 Gy/day, total of 70 Gy), superselective intra-arterial chemotherapy via a superficial
OBJECTIVE
Patients with advanced head and neck carcinomas, primarily nonresectable as well as recurrent cases, were treated in multimodality regimens with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and local hyperthermia. Commercially available microwave and radiowave applicators were used in 50 patients with
Between 1981 and 1985, 44 patients with advanced metastatic carcinoma of the liver were treated with deep microwave hyperthermia (HT) in five medical centers in the US. This HT was given with a BSD-1000 Annular Phased Array (BSD Medical Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah). Of the 44 patients treated,