Hyperthermia versus Oncothermia: Cellular Effects in Complementary Cancer Therapy

Figure 1

The cell-destruction ability of oncothermia is three times higher than of conventional hyperthermia at the same 42°C temperature (single shot treatment, 30 min). Pumping the same energy as for temperature 42°C, but cooling the lesion by outside water-bolus (to 38°C temperature), the efficacy of the cell-destruction remained much higher in oncothermia than in hyperthermia at 42°C temperature.