HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY

What is Hyperthermia Therapy?

In cancer treatment, it is also known as thermal therapy, thermal ablation, or thermotherapy. Hyperthermia is a treatment that exposes the body tissue to high temperatures (up to 42˚C).

Several results have shown that elevated temperature can damage and kill cancer cells with minimal or no harm to normal tissue. By killing cancer cells and destructing proteins and the structure within cells, Hyperthermia may help to shrink tumours.

In Hyperthermia, the heat increases blood flow to the tumour, which does 3 things to the patient’s body.

Hyperthermia: It induces your own body’s immune system to attack the cancer

Hyperthermia + Chemotherapy: It increases the blood flow, which brings chemotherapy inside the tumour, allowing better access to chemotherapy to the tumour

Hyperthermia + Radiotherapy: It brings oxygen that helps radiation therapy work better, which improves the complete response rate.

Hyperthermia is nearly often used in conjunction with other cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy - making it a well-known method of killing cancer cells and a vital treatment modality in the treatment of cancer, especially when its results are strongly supported by the criteria of evidence based medicine. Hyperthermia is necessary to treat advanced or high-risk tumours or to retreat a relapse in a pre-irradiated area.

Benefits of Hyperthermia Therapy

Shrink Cancer Tumours
No hospitalization
Can go in conjunction with more conventional cancer treatments
Activates NK (Natural Killer) Immune Cells
Boosts immune system
Improves blood circulation & oxygenated hypoxic tumours (tumour cells that are deprived of oxygen)
Reliefs pain (cancer-related or injury related)
Enables tumour cells to be more sensitive to Radiotherapy
Heightens the effectiveness of Chemotherapy drugs
Better response rate when Radiotherapy & Chemotherapy are supplemented with Hyperthermia treatment
Slows the DNA repairing that is damaged by Chemotherapy & Radiotherapy
Improves overall survival in cancer patients
Treats bacteria & virus infections (tested on COVID-19 in Korea)
Treats Raynaud’s Syndrome (cold hands & feet)
Reduces high blood pressure
Lowers the probability of stroke
Improves sex life
Aids in weight loss & achieve trimmer waistline
Lowers insulin requirements in diabetic patients & can help diabetic wound healing
Regression of arthritis
Rejuvenates the whole cardiovascular system
Increases energy
Reliefs chronic fatigue