[Clinical application of local hyperthermia combined with antineoplastic agents]

At present hyperthermia shows great promise when combined with other modalities. Local thermo-chemotherapy may also be a very attractive research field, but the combination of hyperthermia and anti-cancer drugs is still poorly understood. In this review, the background and the clinical reports on heat and chemotherapy which have been reported during the last year were analyzed. Finally, our clinical experiences with local hyperthermia combined with anti-cancer drugs for gastrointestinal cancer were also reported.