Surgery to treat cancer

When used to treat cancer, surgery is a procedure in which a surgeon removes the cancer from the body.

Surgery often requires cutting the skin, muscle and sometimes bone.

Anaesthesia prevents pain during surgery.

Surgery can be open or minimally invasive. And it is still effective today for many types of cancer.

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Combined treatment of Oncothermia for patients with ovarian cancer

Combined treatment of Oncothermia in Multimodal Immunotherapy.

Ovarian cancer is usually a serious disease with a poor prognosis, mainly due to the spread of the disease before diagnosis. Surgery, chemotherapy and antiangiogenesis are essential for first-line treatment. At the time of relapse or metastasis, only palliative treatments can be performed.

However, Active Specific Immunotherapy has proven capable of prolonging overall survival with a good quality of life.

In the following article, different experiences obtained with ovarian cancer patients treated with Multimodal Immunotherapy have been compiled. That is, injections with the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), modulated electrohyperthermia (mEHT / Oncothermia), IO-VAC® and immunomodulatory strategies such as: ATRA, low dose cyclophosphamide or checkpoint blockers.

The treatment was performed on an outpatient basis, with very positive results.

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Oncothermia receives the patent as a “tumor vaccine”

Oncothermia como patente cáncer

Oncothermia receives the patent as a “tumor vaccine”

This treatment alerts our immune system by checking the cancer cells.

The Oncothermia EHY-2000 plus device received the patent, US 20150217099 A1 in August 2015, describing this treatment as “a tumor vaccine”. It refers to “a vaccine” because it stimulates the immune system and radiofrequency promotes apoptosis or cell death of tumor cells.

Oncothermia is effective for the primary tumor and its metastases. Therefore, it has a local and systemic effect.

Procedure of action of the “vaccine”

The applied technique is called Modulated Electro-Hyperthermia (mEHT). The cancer cells in our body when treated with mEHT produce “heat shock proteins” when they are heated. This treatment alerts our immune system by checking the cancer cells. In this way, these cells are recognized by our immune system and eliminate them.

We all have approximately 1000 cancer cells that circulate in our body every day. Those with a weak immune system can develop a tumor.

In conclusion

For patients diagnosed with cancer, Oncothermia is an excellent option for immunotherapy to complement conventional treatments: surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, in an integrative oncology framework.

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Stage IV Kidney Cancer treated by Oncothermia and herbs

Stage IV Kidney Cancer (Wilms Tumor) treated by Oncothermia and herbs

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Clinical case

A 17-year-old Korean woman was treated from October 25, 2014, until July 22, 2015 with an integrating medical treatment, in order to control the extent of her illness.

The integrative medical treatment included: oncothermia, thymosin-α1 and phytotherapy. Phytotherapy was administered in 8 ml. of inhalation of Soram nebulizer solution qd, Soramdan S 8 g po, Hangamdan S 1 g po, tid, Cheongjangtang 10-30 ml, and Spiam HC 8 g po. She received Oncothermia (2-3 times a week) and 1.6 mg of treatment with thymosin-α1 (Zadaxin) i.m.

Result

According to the result of the CT on July 15, 2015, the liver metastasis was no longer seen, while the lung metastasis remained stable without tumor progression.

Conclusion

In patterns of Wilms tumor progression after surgery and chemotherapy, integrative medical treatment can be significant for disease control.

Reference

Lee D, Kim SS, Seong S, Cho W, Yu H. Stage IV Wilms Tumor Treated by Korean Medicine, Hyperthermia and Thymosin-α1: A Case Report. Case Rep Oncol. 2016 Feb 20;9(1):119-25. doi: 10.1159/000443724. 

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Breast Cancer treated with Chemotherapy and Oncothermia

Breast Cancer treated with Chemotherapy and Oncothermia

The following is the clinical case of a 51 year old female patient. The diagnosis is infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the left breast. She was treated with chemotherapy, combined with oncothermia.

Diagnosis

She presented in May 2016 with breast cancer, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the left breast. Consequently, the MRI shows multiple and extensive irregular confluent foci. In addition, the cancer forms a mass measuring 79 mm x 52 mm x 58 mm extending to the nipple-areola complex with infiltration of the dermis.

Treatment

In June 2016 she started chemotherapy with Paclitaxel and Trastuzumab. Subsequently, in August 2016, oncothermia treatment was started, with 60-minute sessions.

Result

In October 2016 a breast MRI is performed for control, after the administration of 9 sessions of chemotherapy and 6 sessions of 60-minute oncothermia.

The result of the MRI shows disappearance of the tumour mass indicating a complete response to treatment.

Consequently, the patient refuses surgical treatment as there is no tumour mass and continues with radiological controls. In October 2018 the patient has shown no signs of recurrence.

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Rectal cancer treated with oncothermia and surgery

Rectal Cancer treated with Oncothermia and Surgery

The following is a case report of a 67 year old male patient. The diagnosis is rectal cancer. He was treated with oncothermia and surgery.

Diagnosis

He presented with rectal adenocarcinoma in February 2018. In particular, it is a tumour 6 cm from the anal margin occupying one third of the intestinal lumen. In addition, the ultrasound scan showed serosal involvement, and it was classified as stage III.

Treatment

Preoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy are recommended to reduce the tumour volume and perform surgical resection.

In this case, the patient categorically rejects chemotherapy and radiotherapy. On the contrary, he decided to start treatment with Oncothermia, with the aim of reducing the tumour volume and undergoing surgery.

He underwent 20 sessions of 90-minute oncothermia for 2 months, with a frequency of 3 sessions per week.

Result

Ultrasound endoscopy in May 2018 showed a T1 polypoid lesion. In September 2018 he underwent endoanal resection of the polypoid lesion with all the margins of the piece free of tumour.

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