Heat therapy for cancer
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
High-risk soft tissue sarcoma patients treated with BSD Medical's BSD-2000 hyperthermia system in addition to chemotherapy had nearly double the median time of disease free-survival (31.7 months) and local progression-free survival (45.3 months) compared with those only receiving chemotherapy, according to study results presented June 4 at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago. The 340-patient randomized trial was based on the belief that precision-focused, mild heating of cancer improves blood flow and leads to better absorption of chemotherapy drugs, in addition to directly killing cancer cells and improving chemical reactions of some drugs. BSD Medical submitted a PMA application for the BSD-2000 in May 2006 (1"The Gray Sheet" May 29, 2006, In Brief)...