[Chemo-hyperthermotherapy following thoracic surgery]

Local radiofrequency hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy was performed on patients with thoracic malignancy, who had under gone non-curative resection because of disseminated pleural involvement or positive surgical margin, and who had metastatic lesions (after curative surgery). In some patients, subjective symptoms were decreased or tumor necrosis was proved cytologically. This therapy may therefore be useful for patients with thoracic malignancy.