Publications [#210122] of Mark W. Dewhirst

Papers Published

1. TM Zagar, JR Oleson, Z Vujaskovic, MW Dewhirst, OI Craciunescu, KL Blackwell, LR Prosnitz, EL Jones, Hyperthermia for locally advanced breast cancer., International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group, vol. 26 no. 7 (2010), pp. 618-24, ISSN 1464-5157 [doi]
   (last updated on 2012/10/26)

   Abstract:
   Hyperthermia (HT) has a proven benefit for treating superficial malignancies, particularly chest wall recurrences of breast cancer. There has been less research utilising HT in patients with locally advanced breast cancer (LABC), but available data are promising. HT has been combined with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy in the neoadjuvant, definitive and adjuvant setting, albeit in series with small numbers of patients. There is only one phase III trial that examines hyperthermia in LABC, also with relatively small numbers of patients. The goal of this review is to highlight important research utilising HT in patients with LABC as well as to suggest future directions for its use.

   Keywords:
   Breast Neoplasms • Combined Modality Therapy • Female • Humans • Hyperthermia, Induced* • drug therapy • radiotherapy • therapy*