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- Hyperthermia
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- Penny K. Sneed, MD
- Adapted for the Canadian edition by Wilfred Levin, MB, ChB, MMed
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- The idea of using heat to help destroy tumors has
- been around for a long time. In the early 1800s,
- there were medical reports that some people
- with cancer showed signs of tumor shrinkage
- after they developed high fevers. By the
- end of the last century, there were reports
- of some complete remissions because of
- high body temperatures.
- But hyperthermia—the word means
- elevated temperature and refers to the
- use of heat in the treatment of cancer—
- has only recently been added to the