Hyperthermia therapy

This article is about using increased temperatures to treat cancer. For other health treatments involving application of heat, see Heat therapy. For use of elevated body temperature to treat infections, see Pyrotherapy.

Hyperthermia therapy
Whole-body suit used in hyperthermia therapy.
ICD-10-PCS6A3
ICD-9-CM93.35, 99.85
MeSHD006979
OPS-301 code8–60

Hyperthermia therapy (or hyperthermia, or thermotherapy) is a type of medical treatment in which body tissue is exposed to temperatures above body temperature, in the region of 40–45 °C (104–113 °F). Hyperthermia is usually applied as an adjuvant to radiotherapy or chemotherapy, to which it works as a sensitizer, in an effort to treat cancer.[1][2]

Hyperthermia uses higher temperatures than diathermy and lower temperatures than ablation.[3] When combined with radiation therapy, it can be called thermoradiotherapy.

  1. ^ "Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment". National Cancer Institute. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Hyperthermia". European Society of Hyperthermic Oncology. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ^  This article incorporates public domain material from Dictionary of Cancer Terms. U.S. National Cancer Institute.: Hyperthermia therapy entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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