[Neoplasm treatment using hyperthermia and radiotherapy]

The authors present the run of isotherms in muscle and fatty tissue/muscle phantoms after hyperthermia produced by a 13,56 MHz generator (different electrode sizes, influence of the cooling system) and the therapy results of 136 patients submitted to hyperthermia and irradiation. The local therapy results are remarkable in case of tumors of the ORL region, cervical lymph node metastases and superficial and semi-deep tumors. The subjective side effects are supportable, the objective side effects (complications of the combined therapy) are unimportant. The question whether the good results of palliative therapy justify a curative application cannot be answered yet. This has to be investigated by randomized prospective studies.