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I went to a symposiun on mesothelioma last week and hyperthermic
chemotherapy was mentioned. Has anybody come accross this method of
treatment?
We have a Tronado machine that is used at a clinic here in Perth,
Australia which is used to heat up patients with microwave radiation to an
unhealthy degree and this is supposed to enhance the effects of
radiotherapy.
My understanding is that this was a line of experimentation in the 1980s
which was found to be ineffective and dangerous.
Is this how hyperthermic chemotherapy is carried out or is it something
different?
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- There are several ways to do it. Whole body hyperthermia is self
explanatory. Regional hyperthermia-chemotherapy is usually done by heating
the chemotherapy solutions then perfusing them via an artery. Very
toxic -I'm not entirely sure that's true, Mike.
Some oncologists are very clever but stupid. Many (but not all) nurses have a much less blinkered view of the whole
problem than many (but not all) oncologists. There is all the difference in the world between knowing the best treatment
for a cancer, and knowing the best treatment for a patient with
cancer.......
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