Preliminary results of radiotherapy plus ultrasound hyperthermia for malignant tumors / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose:To investigate the therapeutic effect a nd toxicity of radiotherapy plus ultrasound hyperthermia for treatment of malign ant tumors. Methods:41 cases of locally advanced, recurrent or radioresista nt cancer treated from January 1997 to January 2000 were given radiotherapy plus Sonotherm 1000 ultrasound hyperthermia. The mean radiation dose was 61?12 Gy;h yperthermia was administered within 30 minutes following radiotherapy with mean heating time of (52.4?6) minutes at 1-2 times/week. 3-year local control and survival were estimated by Kaplan-Meier method and Log rank test, factors affec ting prognosis were analyzed by Cox regression. The significance of differences between temperatures was tested by one-way ANOVA. Results:There was significant difference between Tmin and Tmax on tumor local response. Tumor complete response was 58.5%, the 3-year local co ntrol and survival were 13.6%% and 32.69% respectively. There is significant cor relation between radiation dose, tumor volume, Tmin and 3-year local control ( P