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Integrative Oncology Cancer Treatment |
XXXI Meeting of the
International Clinical Hyperthermia Society
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Society's Purpose and Criteria for MembershipThe Society was organized to provide a forum for members to discuss their ideas on the use of hyperthermia and present their clinical experience at meetings. The Society is open to professionals in various specialties working in clinical hyperthermia for the treatment of malignant neoplasm, who hold full-time appointments to the staff of hospitals accredited by the JCAH or corresponding body in countries outside of the USA. Active members include surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists (including basic scientists), nurses and administrators. Manufacturers and suppliers of clinical hyperthermia equipment are eligible for associate membership. ICHS members hold an international annual meeting, in different countries each year. |
What is Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment?Hyperthermia is the application of heat, locally on a cancer tumor, or a whole body Hyperthermia, with the intent of debilitating cancerous cell and eventually destroying them. Hyperthermia is usually used in combination of low dose chemotherapy, conventional radiation, or low-dose-radiation. The whole body Hyperthermia combined with low dose chemotherapy is widely used in Europe, specially in German clinics like Saint George Klinik, Gisunt Klinik, and Dr. Herzog Integrated Oncology clinic. Local Hyperthermia combined with low dose chemotherapy is also practiced in the fore mentioned clinics and others in Europe. Local Hyperthermia combined with radiation and low dose radiation in practiced in the USA, like the integrative Oncology Hyperthermia cancer treatment center, Bicher Cancer Institute. Hyperthermia has been shown more effective when used in combination of low chemotherapy dose, and low dose of radiation, then conventional cancer treatments (like surgery, followed by radiation and chemotherapy). Integrative Oncology is a term that has started to use recently with Hyperthermia combined with radiation or chemotherapy, when complementary mind and body therapies are used in conjunction. These complementary therapies include acupuncture, nutrition, reiki, relaxation techniques, massage, meditation, self-hypnosis, exercise, physical fitness, yoga, tai chi, music therapy, and dietary supplements, to mention the most used. (source, ASCOPost.com, "Integrative Oncology: Essential to Cancer Care"). Another definition of hyperthermia is: a non-invasive therapy to treat several types of cancer, like prostate, breast, throat, tongue, tonsils, etc., that delivers radio frequency energy directly to the tumor - local or regional Hyperthermia -. By exposing a small area of cancerous tumor tissue to high (fiver like) temperatures (about 107 Celsius degrees), hyperthermia therapy damages proteins and structures within cells, as well as increase the oxygenation of the cancer cells, thereby shrinking cancerous tumors. The heat increases the blood and oxygen circulation within the cancerous tumor, helping to make cancer cells more vulnerable to the effects of other conventional therapies, like radiation and chemotherapy. Threfore, hyperthermia is usually used in conjunction with one of these other main stream therapies. For some more detailed information read the Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, Chapter 15, Hyperthermia. |
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Hyperthermia Facilities / Past Meetings / 21st ICHS Meeting, Greece / 22nd ICHS Meeting, Marina Del Rey, USA / 25th ICHS Meeting, Florida, USA
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