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Introduction
As oncologists we constantly strive to improve the therpapeutic ratio ie to increase the tumour control
and decrease the normal tissue complications.
Hyperthermia has been one of our successful attempts to increase the therapeutic ratio
Since the advent of hyperthermia there has been a lot of curiosity regarding its applications and its
contribution towards tumour control.
Hyperthermia means elevation of temperature to supraphysiologic level from 41C-42C. When the cells
or tumour tissue are subjected to elevated temperature, it acts as a sensitiser for radiation and
chemotherapy.
In Health Care Global Enterprises , a tertiary super specialty oncology center we use Celsius TCS (Thermo
Cancer Select )System . It uses a Radio frequency of 13.56MHz.
We use it with Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy
During the treatment the patient lies on a soft therapy couch which is divided into 21 equal sized fields . These
fields are provided with 20 cushioned segments and a tile electrode . The position of the electrode can be
changed according to to the area of the body to be treated . There is another electrode mounted on a swivel arm
During the therapy the body region between both the electrodes is perfused by radio-frequency waves at
13.56MHz