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Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures.

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Samulski, TV; Grant, WJ; Oleson, JR; Leopold, KA; Dewhirst, MW; Vallario, P; Blivin, J
Published in: Int J Hyperthermia
1990

A summary of tumour temperature data obtained from 31 patients who underwent 147 hyperthermia treatments with the Sonotherm 1000 ultrasonic system is presented. The treatment goal was to achieve a minimum of 42.0 degrees C in tumour for 60 min duration with normal tissues remaining below 43.0 degrees C. In 83% of treatments at least one measured tumour temperature reached or exceeded 42.0 degrees C at some time during the treatment. Nineteen per cent of these treatments had a time- and spatial-averaged temperature (measured in tumour) greater than or equal to 42.0 degrees C. A variety of anatomical sites were treated and these were grouped into four categories: groin/trunk, axilla, breast/chest wall and head/neck. Measured temperatures in tumours located in the groin and trunk sites were significantly higher (22% greater than or equal to 42 degrees C) than other locations. The head and neck treatment temperatures were significantly lower (8% of measured points greater than or equal to 42 degrees C.

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Int J Hyperthermia

DOI

ISSN

0265-6736

Publication Date

1990

Volume

6

Issue

5

Start / End Page

909 / 922

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonic Therapy
  • Thermometers
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplasms
  • Hyperthermia, Induced
  • Humans
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Body Temperature
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Samulski, T. V., Grant, W. J., Oleson, J. R., Leopold, K. A., Dewhirst, M. W., Vallario, P., & Blivin, J. (1990). Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures. Int J Hyperthermia, 6(5), 909–922. https://doi.org/10.3109/02656739009140972
Samulski, T. V., W. J. Grant, J. R. Oleson, K. A. Leopold, M. W. Dewhirst, P. Vallario, and J. Blivin. “Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures.Int J Hyperthermia 6, no. 5 (1990): 909–22. https://doi.org/10.3109/02656739009140972.
Samulski TV, Grant WJ, Oleson JR, Leopold KA, Dewhirst MW, Vallario P, et al. Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures. Int J Hyperthermia. 1990;6(5):909–22.
Samulski, T. V., et al. “Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures.Int J Hyperthermia, vol. 6, no. 5, 1990, pp. 909–22. Pubmed, doi:10.3109/02656739009140972.
Samulski TV, Grant WJ, Oleson JR, Leopold KA, Dewhirst MW, Vallario P, Blivin J. Clinical experience with a multi-element ultrasonic hyperthermia system: analysis of treatment temperatures. Int J Hyperthermia. 1990;6(5):909–922.
Journal cover image

Published In

Int J Hyperthermia

DOI

ISSN

0265-6736

Publication Date

1990

Volume

6

Issue

5

Start / End Page

909 / 922

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Ultrasonic Therapy
  • Thermometers
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Neoplasms
  • Hyperthermia, Induced
  • Humans
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Body Temperature
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences