Hyperthermic Oncology from Bench to Bedside

This comprehensive work broadens readers' understanding of the rudimentary mechanism of the anti-cancer effect of hyperthermia. It also presents state-of-the-art clinical outcomes by hyperthermia treatment of cancer.

In the past few decades, basic and clinical research have shown through in vitro experiments that hyperthermia inhibits epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), resulting in the prevention of metastasis. It also has been learned that hyperthermia shows its superior benefit when applied in combination with radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or various immunotherapies as treatments of several types of carcinoma. The chapters here from expert contributors describe the details of their research for each type of cancer.

This book provides not only an overview and the current status of hyperthermia but also its future perspectives. Therefore this volume will greatly benefit oncologists, radiologists and radiology technologists, and chemotherapists who are involved in immunotherapy for all kinds of cancer.

Dr. Satoshi Kokura

KOKURA Lab, Health and Medical Sciences, Kyoto Gakuen University

Kyoto, Japan

Dr. Toshikazu Yoshikawa

President

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Kyoto, Japan

Dr. Takeo Ohnishi

Department of Radiation Oncology

Nara Medical University

Nara, Japan