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Review
. 2019 Jan-Dec:18:1534735419876345.
doi: 10.1177/1534735419876345.

The Role of Hyperthermia in the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Malignant Tumors

Yi Cheng  1 , Shanshan Weng  1 , Linzhen Yu  1 , Ning Zhu  1 , Mengyuan Yang  1 , Ying Yuan  1
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Review

The Role of Hyperthermia in the Multidisciplinary Treatment of Malignant Tumors

Yi Cheng et al. Integr Cancer Ther. 2019 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Hyperthermia is often used in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer treatment. Recently, immunotherapy has become a popular research area, breaking exciting new ground with concurrent immunotherapy and hyperthermia. Much evidence has demonstrated the effectiveness of multidisciplinary synergistic therapy, and the underlying mechanism has been gradually explored. In this review, we focus on the mechanism of various cancer treatments in the current literature and recent advances in hyperthermia. Additionally, we review clinical studies of hyperthermia combined with other therapies in the previous 10 years and propose future prospects for hyperthermia in multidisciplinary synergistic therapy.

Keywords: chemotherapy; hyperthermia; immunotherapy; mechanism; multidisciplinary synergistic therapy; radiotherapy.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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