Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment Guide
This diagnosis-specific guide explains current evidence on standard treatments, including benefits, risks, side effects and key questions to ask your doctors. It is based on independent research...
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Hyperthermia
Transcript The word hyperthermia means high heat and not to be confused with hypothermia, which is low, you know, low temperature. And the problem with the word hyperthermia is that there's also...
Galvanotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer
Galvanotherapy for Head and Neck CancerWe once had the pleasure of hearing Prof. Li Jinghong of the Department of Electro-chemical Therapy, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, speak at a...
Blocking Cancer Stem Cells Naturally
Phytochemicals that Block CSCsPhytochemicals (also called nutriceuticals) comprise several different kinds of agents. Resveratrol, soy isoflavones, sulforaphane, curcumin, and EGCG/green tea are...
Cryoablation Practitioners
Cryoablation Practitioners The Society of Interventional Radiology maintains a useful website, sirweb.org. You can probably find a doctor who uses cryoablation through its “doctor finder.”...
Hyperthermia – Heat Therapy – Risks and Contradictions
Important Considerations of HyperthermiaHyperthermia is among the best tested and most effective forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It is a classic additive therapy. That...
A Big Boost for Hyperthermia
The JNCI Publishes a Positive Trial The January 20, 2010, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) contained a highly positive, three-page news article on the use of...
Hyperthermia Moves to Fore as CAM Treatment of Cancer
Heat Therapy for Cancer Continues to Gain Support Hyperthermia refers to heating a particular region of the body or heating the whole body, in order to fight cancer. Hyperthermia works by (a)...
Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion (HILP)
A Blood BypassA “blood bypass,” carried out under general anesthesia, involves completely bypassing the affected limb’s blood supply. The main artery and vein supplying the limb are connected to...
Progress in Hyperthermia – Pancreatic Cancer
Encouraging Research One of the great hopes of the CAM movement is hyperthermia, which is the use of therapeutic heating to treat cancer. A recent study adds “fuel to the fire” as it were in...
Hyperthermia Evidence
Scientific StudiesRandomized Controlled TrialsThe modern scientific acceptance of hyperthermia rests on several outstanding randomized trials: one that was organized in Munich, Germany for the...
Hyperthermia for Sarcoma
Using Heat to Treat Hyperthermia is another term for medical heat therapy. It is a very promising aspect of contemporary sarcoma treatment, although insufficiently recognized in the...
New Success for Hyperthermia vs Childhood Tumors
A Published Result In July, The Lancet Oncology published an article on the beneficial effects of hyperthermia (heat therapy) in the treatment of children with germ cell tumors. Deep-tissue...
Hyperthermia Success in Treating Rectal Cancer and Lung Cancer
The Research is Heating Up Hyperthermia (heat therapy) continues to rack up successes in treating various types of cancer. The latest report came at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s...
Nanoknife or Irreversible Electroporation
A New Form of Electrical AblationNanoKnife seems to be significantly less destructive of normal tissue than any other method. The “NanoKnife” (despite the name) is not an instrument made of...
Treatment of Liver Metastases
Primary Signs The liver is the central headquarters for the maintenance and cleansing of the blood. It is provided with an extremely rich blood supply. In essence, the liver can be conceived of...
Flaws and Fallacies in Radiation Therapy
Complexity of Trial Design It is rarely shown that radiation actually extends life (i.e., median overall survival) through straightforward comparisons that are preplanned within randomized...
Intraoperative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
Large Dose Radiation Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) involves using a large dose of radiation delivered in surgery. Most radiation treatments have to travel through normal tissue to reach...
Immune Augmentative Therapy, Bahamas
A Visit to the IAT Clinic In March 2011, I visited the Immune Augmentative Therapy (IAT) Centre in Freeport, Bahamas. I first visited this clinic in 1980 and have been back periodically since...
Natural Agents for Bone Sarcoma
Five Agents for HealingMistletoe (Subcutaneous or Intravenous Injections)There was a case series of six patients, all of whom had a remission of tumor symptoms after mistletoe injections. In...
Nutraceuticals Target ALDH+ Cells
The Most Effective Blockers of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) Our supplement charts consist of several different kinds of agents. Resveratrol, soy isoflavones, sulforaphane, curcumin, and EGCG/green...
Taurolidine
Amino Acid Taurine One of the things I learned on a trip to European cancer clinics is that some complementary cancer doctors are using a simple chemical called taurolidine as a novel form of...
Hyperthermia Extends Survival
Hyperthermia Extends Survival On February 15, JAMA Oncology published a phase III randomized controlled trial (RCT) on the use of regional hyperthermia (heat therapy) with chemotherapy for soft...
Bone Sarcoma Research Resources
References to the Natural Treatment of SarcomasHere are some references to the natural treatment of sarcomas. Since sarcoma represents only about 1% of all cancers, the evidence for the...
Oncothermia: Principles and Practices
A Summation of the Life Work of a Remarkable Hungarian Scientist Review of A Textbook by Andras Szasz, Nora Szasz, and Oliver Szasz Springer Verlag There have been numerous books and monographs...