عنوان

Whole Body Hyperthermia:

(Number (ISBN

3642845967

(Number (ISBN

9783642845963

Number

b546083

Title Proper

Whole Body Hyperthermia:

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Biological and Clinical Aspects

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Michel Gautherie.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(x, 84 pages 43 illustrations)

Series Title

Clinical Thermology.

Text of Note

1 Introduction --;1.1 Background --;1.2 Systemic versus Local and Regional Hyperthermia --;1.3 Conceptual Approaches to the Therapeutic Use of WBH --;1.4 Summary --;2 Hyperthermia and the Immune System --;2.1 Introduction --;2.2 In Vitro Studies of Hyperthermia and Immune Effector Cells --;2.3 In Vivo Studies: The Abscopal Response and Metastasis --;2.4 Clinical Hyperthermia and the Abscopal Response --;2.5 Clinical WBH and the Immune Response --;2.6 Conclusions --;3 WBH and Ionizing Irradiation --;3.1 Background --;3.2 Potential Advantages of WBH Compared to Local Hyperthermia --;3.3 The Importance of Treatment Temperatures Used in Preclinical Studies --;3.4 Possibly Controllable Clinical Treatment Variables --;3.5 Clinical Investigations Combining WBH and Ionizing Irradiation --;3.6 Summary --;4 WBH and Chemotherapy --;4.1 Introduction --;4.2 Potential Mechanisms of Thermal Chemosensitization --;4.3 Factors Which May Modify Thermal Chemosensitization --;4.4 Therapeutic Index --;4.5 Probable Thermal Sensitizing Agents --;4.6 Future Directions for Preclinical Research --;4.7 Clinical WBH Studies --;5 Clinical and Biophysical Aspects of Systemic Hyperthermia --;5.1 Thermal Regulation and WBH Methodologies --;5.2 Monitoring Body Site Temperature During WBH --;5.3 Cardiorespiratory Effects of WBH --;5.4 Biochemical Effects of WBH --;5.5 Hematological Changes --;5.6 Neurological Sequelae --;5.7 Endocrine Function and WBH --;5.8 Gastrointestinal Toxicity --;5.9 Miscellaneous Toxicities --;6 WBH Animal Studies --;6.1 Introduction --;6.2 Large Animals --;6.3 Murine Models --;6.4 Special Considerations --;7 Special Considerations for the Future --;7.1 Nononcological Considerations --;7.2 Implications of WBH Research for General Medical Practice --;7.3 Systemic Hyperthermia: Summary Reflections Regarding Neoplastic Disease --;References.

Text of Note

All aspects of both preclinical Anticancer effects of elevated (noncauterizing) tem- and clinical WBH, ranging from molecular biology perature were first observed in ancient Egyptian times and physiology to WBH methodologies and clinical (Oleson and Dewhirst 1983).

Human physiology.

Medicine.

Radiotherapy.

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Book number

edited by Michel Gautherie.

Michel Gautherie

Electronic name

[Book]

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