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Treating Cancer With Heat: Hyperthermia As Promising Strategy To Enhance Apoptosis, Kanwal Ahmed, Syed Faisal Zaidi
Treating Cancer With Heat: Hyperthermia As Promising Strategy To Enhance Apoptosis, Kanwal Ahmed, Syed Faisal Zaidi
Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
The fundamental idea and the effects of heat on cancer cells are well known. However, the results obtained in therapy by hyperthermia (HT) alone have been only partially satisfactory. Treatment at temperatures between .40 and 44 degrees C is cytotoxic for cells in an environment with a low oxygen partial pressure and low pH, conditions that are found specifically within tumour tissue, due to insufficient blood perfusion. Under such conditions radiotherapy is less effective, and systemically applied cytotoxic agents will reach such areas in lower concentrations than in well-perfused areas. Therefore, clinically, it is preferred to use hyperthermia in combination …