Conference Paper
Critical Analysis of Electromagnetic Hyperthermia Randomized Trials: Dubious Effect and Multiple Biases
Table 8
Available randomized clinical trials on TRT of cervical cancer.
| | Authors |
Publ. |
Country |
Type |
Design |
Nr of
patients |
Heating | CLR | LPFS | OS | Assessment | | TRT | RT | TRT | RT | TRT | RT | Authors’ | Our |
| | Datta et al. [34] | 1987 | India | Monocenter | TRT versus RT | 52 | Convect. | 74% | 58% | NR | NR | NR | NR | Positive | NA | | Sharma et al. [35] | 1989 | India | Monocenter | TRT versus RT | 50 | Convect. | NR | NR | 70% | 50% | NR | NR | Positive | NA | | Chen et al. [36] | 1997 | China | Monocenter | TRT versus TChRT versus ChRT versus RT | 120 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Negative | NA | | van der Zee et al. [21] | 2000 | The Netherlands | Multicenter | TRT versus RT | 114 | EM | 83% | 57% | 61% | 41% | 27% | 51% | Positive | Dubious | | Harima et al. [24] | 2001 | Japan | Monocenter | TRT versus RT | 40 | EM | 80% | 50% | 80% | 49% | 58% | 48% | Positive | Dubious | | Vasanthan et al. [15] | 2005 | India-Republic of Korea-Ukraine-China | Multicenter | TRT versus RT | 110 | EM | 80% | 69% | 73% | Negative | Negative |
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TRT: thermaradiotherapy, RT: radiotherapy, TChRT: thermochemoradiotherapy, ChRT: chemoradiotherapy, N/A: not available, NA: not assessed, NR: not reported, EM: electromagnetic, and Convect.: convectional.
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