Peninsula.com, February 25th. Recently, Pingdu People’s Hospital successfully introduced a radio frequency tumor hyperthermia machine. After debugging and installation, it has been successfully used in clinical practice. The tumor hyperthermia machine can choose the best treatment plan according to different tumor diseases, and provide a new non-toxic and side effect treatment method for patients with malignant tumors and some benign diseases.
“Auntie, is it hot? Do you feel any discomfort?”
“It’s fine, it’s okay”
“Then we’ll continue the treatment, If you have any discomfort, just ring the bell and let me know”
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In the hyperthermia room, the oncology nurse is always watching the patients who are undergoing hyperthermia, asking them about their physical condition .
In the operating room, Guo Xiuhui, the deputy chief physician of the Department of Hematology and Oncology, is debugging the tumor hyperthermia machine to maintain a suitable temperature to perform hyperthermia treatment for the patient, Auntie Gao.
Hyperthermia—a green therapy for tumors
Hyperthermia is one of the most commonly used clinical treatments for tumors. It is another important treatment method in addition to surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, targeted and biological immunotherapy.
Hyperthermia is a kind of pure physical therapy, which makes tumor cells apoptotic by heating, so it is called green therapy. Hyperthermia, as a novel “green therapy”, has been proved by clinical trials that a large number of patients with hyperthermia (combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy) have obvious curative effects, and have a significant effect on prolonging the life and improving the quality of life of patients with advanced tumors. Due to the unique mechanism of this instrument, it is often called “green therapeutic instrument”.
The current clinical tumor hyperthermia mainly adopts local hyperthermia, which applies high-frequency electromagnetic waves to the local tissues of the human body, so that the tumor temperature reaches 42-45 ℃ or higher, and the apoptosis of cancer cells is accelerated, thereby killing cancer cell. For benign diseases, hyperthermia can promote blood circulation, enhance metabolism, inhibit bacterial growth, accelerate tissue regeneration, and have anti-inflammatory, swelling, and pain-relieving effects.
What are the advantages of hyperthermia?
Green non-invasive treatment, no pain for patients and no pollution to the environment.
Enhance the sensitivity of tumor to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and double the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
It can be performed alone or in combination with surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy.
Reduce and reverse the drug resistance of cancer cells, and the treatment effect is remarkable.
Improve the immune function of the body and reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Eliminates and relieves cancer pain.
Inhibits tumor angiogenesis.
It can kill residual tumor tissue many times without any toxicity to normal tissue cells.
What are the indications and contraindications for hyperthermia?
Indications: All primary, recurrent deep and superficial solid tumors or metastatic tumors in humans except head and neck. Especially effective in relieving pleural effusion and cancer pain.
Contraindications: patients with metal implantation in the lesion, patients with tuberculosis, those with bleeding tendency, and women are not allowed to do hyperthermia during menstruation.