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The History of Hyperthermia Rise and Decline
Table 2
Commercialized nonthermal AEMF technologies in clinical oncology.
| | Technology | Trademark | System | Inventor | Implementation | Company | Since |
| | Electrohyperthermia | Oncothermia (modulated electrohypethermia) | EHY2000 EHY3000 | A Szasz
(Hungary) | Approved in EU (CE), Russia, China | OncoTherm Group (Germany-Hungary) | 1988 |
| |
Electroporation |
electrochemo therapy (ECT) | Cliniporator | LM Mir
(France) | Approved in EU (CE) | IGEA Srl (Italy) | ~1980 | | EndoVe | D Soden
(Ireland) | I/II phase [83] | Mercy University Hospital (Ireland) | | |
electro gene therapy (EGT) | MedPulsar | GA Hofmann DP Rabussay Z Zhang
(USA) [84] | Approved in EU (CE) | Genetronics Biomedical Corp. (USA) | ~1997 | | TriGrid | RM Bernard | FDA approved for clinical trials | Ichor Medical Systems Inc. (USA) | 1994 |
| | Electric field therapy | tumor treatment field (TTF) | NovoTTF-100A | Y Palty
(Israel) | Approved by FDA [85] after III phase trial [86] | NovoCure Ltd. (Israel) | 2000 |
| | Magnetotherapy | therapeutic electromagnetic field (TEMF) | — | Wascher RR Williams D Bouldin FE
(USA) [87] | I-II? | EMF Therapeutics Inc. (USA) | ~2000 |
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Galvanotherapy |
electro cancer therapy (ECT) | ECTplus | H/Д | Approved in EU (CE) | CUTH Meditech GmbH (Germany) | 2006 | | NEUFLO | Schroeppel EA, Kroll MW
(USA) [88] | Approved by FDA for research | Ionix Medical Inc. (USA) | ~2000 |
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