Hyperthermia combined with radiation therapy for superficial breast cancer and chest wall recurrence: A review of the randomised data

Figures & data

Table I.  Complete response (CR) rate in randomised trials involving irradiation with or without hyperthermia for chest wall recurrence/superficial breast cancer.

Study	Number of patients	Tumour type	Heat (%)	No heat (%)
Perez et al. [30]	236	Superficial tumours (primarily chest wall and neck nodes)	32	30
Jones et al. [31]	108	Superficial tumours (primarily chest wall and neck nodes; melanoma)	66 (no prior RT)	42
			68 (prior RT)	24
Vernon et al. [32]	306	Chest wall (some intact breast)	59	41
Kapp et al. [34]	70	Superficial tumours (primarily chest wall and neck nodes; melanoma)	52 (6 HT)	51 (2 HT)
Engin et al. [42]	41	Superficial tumours (primarily chest wall and neck nodes)	55 (8 HT)	59 (4 HT)

RT, radiotherapy; HT, hyperthermia.

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