Hyperthermic Oncology from Bench to Bedside (eBook)

Dr. Satoshi Kokura KOKURA Lab, Health and Medical Sciences, Kyoto Gakuen University Kyoto, JapanDr. Toshikazu Yoshikawa President Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Kyoto, Japan Dr. Takeo OhnishiDepartment of Radiation OncologyNara Medical University Nara, Japan

Part I. Basic Science in Cultured Cells.- 1. Introduction.- 2.Induction of oxidative stress by hyperthermia and enhancement of hyperthermia-induced apoptosis by oxidative stress modification.- 3.Molecular Damage: Hyperthermia Alone.- 4.Roles of HSF1 and Heat Shock Proteins in Cancer.- 5.Cellular Responses in Signal Transduction Pathways Induced by Hyperthermia.- 6.Cell cycle responses to hyperthermia.- 7.Thermo-tolerance.- 8.Enhancement of Hyperthermia on Radio-sensitivity.- 9.Inhibition of DNA repair system activity.- 10. Enhancement of Hyperthermia on Anti-tumor Drug Sensitivity.- 11. Inhibition of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) by hyperthermia.- Part II. Basic Science in Whole Body.- 12.Potentiating Immune System by Hyperthermia.- 13. Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Hyperthermia and Induction of Anti-Tumor Immune Responses.- 14. Tumor Microenvironment and Hyperthermia Part III. Clinical Science in Cancer Patients..- 15. Hyperthermia Alone.- 16.Combination by Hyperthermia and Radiation (and Chemotherapy): Oral and Maxillofacial Cancer.- 17.Combination by Hyperthermia and Radiation (and Chemotherapy): Lung Cancer.- 18.Efficacy of hyperthermia in combination with radiation therapy for breast cancer.- 19.Combination by Hyperthermia and Radiation: Esophageal Cancer.- 20.Combination by Hyperthermia and Radiation (and Chemotherapy): Gynecology Cancer.- 21.Combination by Hyperthermia and Radiation and Chemotherapy: Soft Tissue Sarcoma.- 22.Combination by Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy: Lung Cancer.- 23. Combination by Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy: Breast Cancer.- 24.Combination by Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy: Esophageal Cancer.- 25.Combination by Hyperthermia and Chemotherapy: Liver Cancer.- 26.Hyperthermia Combined with Chemotherapy: Pancreatic Cancer.- 27.Effect of hyperthermia in combination with chemotherapy and radiation therapy for treatment of urological cancer (prostate cancer and urothelial cancer).- 28.Combination by Hyperthermia and Surgery.- 29.Combining Hyperthermia and Immunotherapy: NK Therapy and Hyperthermia.- 30.Combination by Hyperthermia and Immunotherapy: DC Therapy and Hyperthermia.- 31.Effects of fever-range hyperthermia on T cell-mediated immunity: possible combination of hyperthermia and T cell-based cancer immunotherapy.- 32.Combination of Hyperthermia and Immunotherapy: Hyperthermia and Naive T-cell Therapy.- 33.HIPEC for Peritoneal Dissemination.- 34.A new comprehensive treatment for peritoneal metastases using cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intraperitoneal  chemoperfusion.- 35.Non-invasive Temperature Moniterring.- 36.Development of Heating Device.- 37. Epilogue.