Laser ablation for cancer: past, present and future

E Schena, P Saccomandi, Y Fong - Journal of functional biomaterials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Laser ablation (LA) is gaining acceptance for the treatment of tumors as an alternative to
surgical resection. This paper reviews the use of lasers for ablative and surgical …

Is CEM43 still a relevant thermal dose parameter for hyperthermia treatment monitoring?

GC van Rhoon - International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
CEM43 has its roots in the direct cytotoxic effect of heat, whereby the amount of cell death
depends on the temperature and exposure time. CEM43 is a normalising method to convert …

[HTML][HTML] Recent technological advancements in radiofrequency-andmicrowave-mediated hyperthermia for enhancing drug delivery

MM Paulides, HD Trefna, S Curto… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyperthermia therapy is a potent enhancer of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In particular,
microwave (MW) and radiofrequency (RF) hyperthermia devices provide a variety of heating …

Thermal ablation of biological tissues in disease treatment: A review of computational models and future directions

S Singh, R Melnik - Electromagnetic biology and medicine, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Percutaneous thermal ablation has proven to be an effective modality for treating both
benign and malignant tumours in various tissues. Among these modalities, radiofrequency …

Status quo and directions in deep head and neck hyperthermia

MM Paulides, GM Verduijn, N Van Holthe - Radiation Oncology, 2016 - Springer
The benefit of hyperthermia as a potent modifier of radiotherapy has been well established
and more recently also the combination with chemotherapy was shown beneficial. Also for …

Efficacy and safety evaluation of the various therapeutic options in locally advanced cervix cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized …

NR Datta, E Stutz, S Gomez, S Bodis - International Journal of Radiation …, 2019 - Elsevier
Treatment options in locally advanced cervix cancer (LACC) have evolved around radiation
therapy (RT) and/or chemotherapy (CT), hypoxic cell sensitizers, immunomodulators (Imm) …

ESHO benchmarks for computational modeling and optimization in hyperthermia therapy

MM Paulides, DB Rodrigues, GG Bellizzi… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background The success of cancer hyperthermia (HT) treatments is strongly dependent on
the temperatures achieved in the tumor and healthy tissues as it correlates with treatment …

The potential of constrained SAR focusing for hyperthermia treatment planning: Analysis for the head & neck region

GG Bellizzi, T Drizdal, GC van Rhoon… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Clinical trials have shown that hyperthermia is a potent adjuvant to conventional cancer
treatments, but the temperatures currently achieved in the clinic are still suboptimal …

Hyperthermia treatment planning including convective flow in cerebrospinal fluid for brain tumour hyperthermia treatment using a novel dedicated paediatric brain …

G Schooneveldt, H Dobšícek Trefná, M Persson… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Hyperthermia therapy (40–44° C) is a promising option to increase efficacy of radiotherapy/
chemotherapy for brain tumours, in particular paediatric brain tumours. The Chalmers …

The hot-to-cold spot quotient for SAR-based treatment planning in deep microwave hyperthermia

M Zanoli, H Dobšíček Trefná - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background A necessary precondition for a successful microwave hyperthermia (HT)
treatment delivered by phased arrays is the ability of the HT applicator to selectively raise …