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Upper abdominal tumors such as liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, and gastric cancer are very often detected at an advanced stage. In this situation the local control rate achieved with conventional radiation therapy and/or surgery plus chemotherapy is usually very low. It is highly probable that an improvement in local control would result in a higher cure rate. Therefore, patients with advanced upper abdominal tumors are considered to be good candidates for new treatment approaches like locoregional hyperthermia provided that the tumor can be adequately heated and the tumor temperature can be well monitored.
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Hiraoka, M., Abe, M. (1996). Thermoradiotherapy for Upper Abdominal Tumors. In: Thermoradiotherapy and Thermochemotherapy. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60938-1_7
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