[Initial experiences with high-dosage afterloading short-term therapy combined with hyperthermia in non-operated...

A system for thermoradiotherapy of cervical carcinoma is presented, that allows combination of high-dosed afterloading short-time therapy by means of the technique being available in the GDR (DEKATRON) with the equipment CALOTHERM, constructed in Institut M. v. Ardenne. The first clinical experiences (3 patients) show, that the expected target temperature of 42 degrees C at the cervix was reached by all means after 6 minutes at least. Complications involved by hyperthermia did not appear with it, so that the continuation of this therapy is planned in form of a phase-I-study.