Heat treatment for cancer cleared by FDA:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
US company Biotechnology Control has received FDA clearance to market its ThermoChem-HT system. The procedure involves heating the peritoneum, which makes areas more receptive to therapies such as chemotherapy or natural biological agents. It is now recognised at the Wake Forest Medical Center North Carolina as standard-of-care for treatment of ovarian, gastrointestinal and other tumours that have disseminated to the lining surface of the abdomen and pelvis.