(✓) HYPERTHERMIA:

Hyperthermia or Heat therapy is a form of treatment in which body tissue is heated to between 39 and 43 degrees to help kill cancer cells without damaging normal body tissue as much as possible. Hyperthermia is also called thermal therapy, thermal ablation or thermotherapy.

Today, it is an accepted supportive treatment method in many countries around the world such as the United States, Germany and Japan.

Recent scientific studies have shown that hyperthermia damages cancer cells while causing minimal or no damage to healthy cells.

Hyperthermia works by disrupting the structure of proteins in cancer cells. Heat therapy makes cancer cells more sensitive and susceptible to radiotherapy.

It can be used alone, but it is more effective when combined with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

The effect of hyperthermia depends on the heat given at the time of treatment, the duration of treatment, and the characteristics of the tumor.

In routine applications, no damage is seen in normal tissue unless the procedure is performed above 43 degrees. In some cases, temporary local burns and pain may be observed.

Hyperthermia can be used to treat a small area of ​​the body, a large area, or the entire body.

The main Hyperthermia applications are Local hyperthermia, Regional hyperthermia and Whole body hyperthermia .

In local hyperthermia , heat is applied to a small area.

In regional hyperthermia, heat is applied to large areas of the body to cover an entire space, organ or limb.

In whole body hyperthermia, a thermal room or hot water blankets that raise body temperature to 42 or 43 degrees for short periods are used to treat cancers that have spread throughout the body.