Tumor thermal treatment

Simon CJ, Dupuy DE (2006) Percutaneous minimally invasive therapies in the treatment of bone tumors thermal ablation. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 10(2) 137-144 Toyota N, Naito A, Kakizawa H et al (2005) Radiofrequency ablation therapy combined with cementoplasty for painful bone metastases initial experience. Cardiovasc Interv Radiol 28(5) 578-583... 

Gd, Gd, and Hf. The properties of B are favorable, and boron compounds have been tested clinically (for over 20 years in Japan) for the treatment of melanomas, bone marrow and malignant brain tumors (82). The isotope B undergoes fission on bombardment with thermal or epithermal neutrons, giving rise to a particles that are destructive to local tissue (within 10 p,m) ... 

The results are suggestive of the beneficial role of PDT in colorectal tumors. The application is most suitable for the treatment of smaller tumors or for sterilization of areas containing microscopic residual tumor in resection margins. For bulkier tumors, the use of PDT would need to be in conjunction with surgery or thermal laser irradiation. There is evidence that PDT is suitable for palliative treatment of advanced rectal cancers although there is only a limited experience with this and additional work is required. 

In vitro cytotoxicity studies with drug-loaded micelles have also shown greater cytotoxicity above the LCST, resulting from thermally induced drug release. These results suggest that combination therapy can be implemented, using both thermosensitive systems and local hyperthermic treatment of tumors, primarily at 42°C. The coupled treatment may prove to be more... 

A H Barrett, P C Myers, N L Sadowsky, Microwave thermography of normal and cancerous breast tissue . Conference on thermal characteristics of tumors applications in detection and treatment. New York, March, 979. Ann NY Acad Sci, 1980. 

In this chapter we start with fundamental aspects of local blood tissue thermal interaction. Discussions on how the blood effect is modeled then follow. Different approaches to theoretically modeling the blood flow in the tissue are shown. In particular the assumptions and validity of several widely used continuum bioheat transfer equations are evaluated. Different techniques to measure temperature, thermophysical properties, and blood flow are then described. The final part of the chapter focuses on one of the medical applications of heat transfer, hyperthermia treatment for tumors. 

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