What are the different types of hyperthermia treatment?
Treatment of hyperthermia in cancer treatment can be administered in three ways: regional, local and whole body. Treatment of the whole body involves increasing the temperature of the whole person, with the exception of the head. Regional therapy warms part of the body such as an arm or leg. Treatment of local hyperthermia warms a small area of the body, such as a tumor to destroy cancer cells. Heat can increase cancer treatment, so the treatment of hyperthermia is often used in conjunction with medicines such as chemotherapy and radiation. In this case, the body temperature is increased to 107 - 108 ° F (about 41.67 - 42.2 ° C). Increased temperatures can not only increase susceptible cancer cells to destruction of chemotherapy, but can also help stimulate immune response. Increase body temperature, medically can use various techniques such as immersing the patient in warm water, using blankets in warm water, putting it into the thermal chamber and using inductive coils. The side effects of this treatment may include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Regional treatment of hyperthermia is used when a doctor wants to increase the temperature of the body. These sections may include arm, leg, organ or cavity in the body. Three different techniques are used in this form of hyperthermia treatment: deep tissue, regional perfusion and continuous hypertermic peritoneal perfusion (CHPP). The treatment of deep tissue uses applicators located outside the cavity, organs or part of the body to warm up. Thereafter, different types of energy such as microwaves or radiofrequency are sent to the tissues to increase the temperature.
Regional perfusion includes the use of an external blood heating machine. Krev je čerpána z těla pacienta, zahřívá se ve stroji a poté čerpá zpět do těla. Chemotherapy can also be added to the blood. Continuous hypertermic peritoneal perfusion is similar to regional perfusion. Instead of warming blood, they are chemotherapeutic drugs that heat up and pump into the peritoneal cavity -a cavity that contains the digestive organs.
The last of the different types of hyperthermia treatment is local hyperthermia. There are three forms of treatment of local hyperthermia: external, intraluminal or endocavitory and interstitial. The external technique is used when the tumor is located near or inside the leather. The doctor may place applicators on the skin through the tumor. Then the energy is sent to the tumor to increase its temperature.
When the tumor is in or around, for example in the rectum, intraluminal treatment can be used. In this form of hyperthermieléchba, the probe is located in the tumor itself. Energy such as microwaves, radiofrequency or ultrasound is then sent to the tumor to increase its temperature. Interstitial hyperthermia is similar to intraluminal in that the probe is placed in a tumor and is sent by energy. The difference is that interstitial hyperthermia is used to treat tumors that are located deep in the body.