[A review of experimental thermochemotherapy in cultured cells]

Abstract

Recent studies and reports on interactions of heat and drugs are somewhat scattered both in the temperatures and types of drugs adopted. In the present review, the current skate of knowledge regarding experimental thermochemotherapy and thermotolerance and heat shock proteins was evaluated. Hyperthermia is not only interesting as an adjuvant therapy but is also expected to be developed as an independent modality among oncotherapies available at present.