Hyperthermia
Hyperthermia
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Hyperthermia in cancer therapy
Targeted heat - effective against cancer cells, gentle on healthy tissue
Hyperthermia uses the targeted overheating of body or tumor tissue to damage cancer cells and activate the immune system – without significantly affecting healthy tissue.
Why does hyperthermia work against cancer cells?
Tumor cells are much more sensitive to heat than healthy cells. Damaged cancer cells begin to disintegrate at temperatures of around 40 °C. At the same time, a group of special proteins, so-called heat shock proteins (HSP), are formed in the tumor cells. These proteins mark the cancer cells as “foreign” and make them visible to the immune system.
This activates the body’s own killer cells, which specifically attack the unmasked tumor cells and initiate their programmed cell death (apoptosis).
Additional therapeutic effects of hyperthermia
In addition to the direct destruction of cancer cells, hyperthermia has other important mechanisms of action:
- Improved blood flow to tumor tissue
→ Increases the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiotherapy - Oxygen deficiency, nutrient deficiency and hyperacidity in tumor cells
→ Blocks their repair mechanisms - Reactivation of previously ineffective therapies
→ Combination therapies can be significantly more successful
Hyperthermia targets the weak points of tumor cells and at the same time boosts the immune response and sensitivity to therapy. Today, it is considered to be one of the most promising adjuvant forms of treatment in integrative cancer medicine.
Hyperthermia is a particularly effective component of holistic cancer therapy.
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