New researches show that heat can help weakening cancer. Actually, heat had been used since the time of Hippocrates and beyond as one way of treatments.
Heating cancer cells may be key to treating some tumours: researchers
“Now U.S. researchers want to apply that age-old therapy to try to kill certain cancer cells, and they’re using the experience of modern-day sports hero Lance Armstrong and others cured of advanced testicular cancer as the underpinning for their investigations.”
Heat treatment kills cancer cells
“Testicular cancer patients have a higher survival rate than other cancer patients because the cancer cells are sensitive to body heat, leading the researchers at Johns Hopkins University to conclude heat therapy may be a viable treatment for cancer.”
Heat May Be Effective Cancer Therapy
“It follows then that when cancer cells migrate to other organs they may be vulnerable to higher temperatures thus being more responsive to chemotherapy or radiotherapy.”
Doctors find hot new idea: Feel the burn to fight cancer
“So when cancer cells spread beyond the testicle, they end up in a much warmer environment, said co-author Robert Getzenberg, director of urology research at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. The excess heat appears to weaken the cells’ inner structure, he explained, making them easier to destroy with drugs and radiation.”
Heat may be key to cancer therapy
“Experts at Johns Hopkins University say the cells are super-sensitive to body heat making them more vulnerable.”
Testicular Cancer Cells Weakened by Heat
“Heat sensitivity may make testicular cancer cells more susceptible to standard cancer treatments, prompting them to die off more readily than other kinds of cancer cells, new research suggests.”
