Gentle Heat Treatment. A patient said: "is like having a sun tan"
Very Low Radiation Dose
Easy to apply and to set up
Very short time set up.
Daily hour and 15 min treatment duration
for both Hy6perthermia and low-dose-radiation
Not invasive procedure
No surgery, no toxic chemotherapy,
or debilitating high dose radiation
Does not compromise healthy body areas
around the tumor
Recognized and paid by most
insurance companies, including Medicare. Most of our
patients do not have out of pocket expenses, as
long as the insurance covers the treatment
Benefits
Low or no side effects from Hyperthermia
Great pain reduction! relieving pain and reducing the need for narcotics
without the addictive effects of these drugs.
Hyperthermia does not make you sick
during the course of the treatment
When your treatment is finished, you
leave our clinic walking on your own, healthy, and happy!
because you do not have to recover
from the severe side effects that conventional, standard
care cancer therapies/treatment have, or recover from surgeries
Low or none Radiation side
effects, because of the low-fractionated-dose
of Radiation
The low-dose-radiation allows for the
body to heal from the mild side effects easier an quicker!
No special preparation needed
Relaxing and comfortable
treatment
No physical or mental stress involved
Preserves affected treated areas
Preserves non-affected body areas
surrounding the tumor
Having your Hyperthermia treatment at
Valley Cancer Institute, as patients say:
"is like having a
healing vacation", and who do not need one!
other patients said: "..after treatment,
you can relax the rest of the day, go to the beach, get with
friends, have fun, and go party!"
you can enjoy life and do the
things you normally do during the treatment at our clinic
you have the whole day for your self,
except for the about 75 to 90 minutes in the clinic for your
daily treatment
Valley Cancer Institute provides our patients
with a warm, personal, and supportive environment, inside of our
clinic as well as outside. You can find in our shared living space
apartments friends that are in a similar situation, there fore you
will find the support so much needed to get your life back to
normal.
Like many of our patients said:
"At VCI (Valley Cancer Institute) you are a human being and are
treated like that. You are not just a number like in big hospitals or
large institutions"
Remember
? Remember the lyrics?
Sometimes you want to go, where everybody knows your name,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see, our troubles are all the same,
You wanna be where everybody knows your name.
We also try to make you feel at home and with the support you need!
do not wait!!!
Call
310-398-0013
for more information or an appointment,
and ask for Nash, or
Hyperthermia is a Cancer Treatment
Modality FDA approved
WHAT IS HYPERTHERMIA?
Alternative cancer treatment, alternative breast cancer treatment,
alternative prostate cancer treatment.
Hyperthermia is, very simply, the application of concentrated therapeutic
heat to treat cancer. Due to its increasingly impressive research and
clinical track record, it is considered as "main-stream" as surgery,
chemotherapy, and radiation, and is now recognized as the "fourth modality"
in approved cancer treatment. However, due to its relatively recent
acceptance in major medical circles, it is not well known - yet it is a
treatment with genuine promise. Alternative
cancer treatment, alternative breast cancer treatment, alternative prostate
cancer treatment.
WHAT TYPE OF TUMORS ARE TREATED USING HYPERTHERMIA?hyperthermia
Valley Cancer Institute's state-of-the-art facility treats a wide range of
tumors. Many are in difficult-to-reach sites that have not responded well to
other treatment methods.
EFFECTIVE TREATABLE SITES:
Hyperthermia cancer treatment, hyperthermia breast cancer treatment,
hyperthermia prostate cancer treatment.
hyperthermia
Adenocarcinoma, Carcinoma, Thymoma, Squamous Cell, Mesothelioma,
Sarcoma, Melanoma,
Lymphoma, Basal Cell.hyperthermia
cancer treatment, hyperthermia breast cancer treatment, hyperthermia
prostate cancer treatment.
HYPERTHERMIA ENHANCES RESULTS OF OTHER CANCER
TREATMENTS hyperthermia
A large body of medical evidence shows that when
hyperthermia is used in combination with radiation therapy or chemotherapy there
is a dramatic improvement in response rates.
A recent study comparing results from leading hyperthermia
researchers showed that beneficial responses were obtained by only 33% of
patients treated with radiation alone, compared to 67% when radiation therapy
was combined with hyperthermia.
At Valley Cancer Institute, over 40% of our patient
referrals come from physicians who are convinced by similar medical evidence
that when hyperthermia is used in combination with radiation therapy or
chemotherapy, there is a two to threefold increase in favorable response rates.
For this reason, Valley Cancer Institute also offers
radiation treatment and chemotherapy within its facility, as part of appropriate
overall medical protocols.
BENEFITS-SUBSTANTIAL PAIN REDUCTION
For many patients, battling cancer has also meant fighting
constant pain, or relying on strong narcotics like Demerol or morphine
derivatives. Hyperthermia is an excellent alternative to the use of this
addictive drugs. Not only it is an effective cancer treatment, but it often
dramatically reduces pain which allows for better quality of life. Subsequently,
this enables many people to devote more energy to their fight against cancer.
HOW DOES HYPERTHERMIA WORK? hyperthermia
In normal tissues, blood vessels open up, (dilate) when
heat is applied, dissipating the heat and cooling down the cell environment.
Unlike healthy cells, a tumor is a tightly packed group of cells, and
circulation is restricted and sluggish. When heat is applied to the tumor, vital
nutrients and oxygen are cut off from the tumor cells. This results in a
collapse of the tumor's vascular system and destruction of the cancer cells.
ASTRO’s Official Journal
Publishes 12-Year Survival Data Following Landmark Study of Cancer
Treatment
with Hyperthermia Therapy
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 2, 2008—BSD Medical Corp.
(AMX:BSM) today announced that the International Journal of Radiation Oncology,
Biology and Physics has published a 7-page report containing the 12-year
clinical follow-up data for a landmark study comparing the clinical results for
advanced cervical cancer patients treated with radiation and hyperthermia
therapy to those for patients treated with radiation alone. This publication,
commonly known as the “Red Journal,” is the official journal of the American
Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the world’s leading
organization devoted to radiation oncology.
The
article entitled, “Long-Term Improvement in Treatment Outcome after Radiotherapy
and Hyperthermia in Locoregionally Advanced Cervical Cancer: an Update of the
Dutch Deep Hyperthermia Trial,” is considered highly relevant by BSD Medical
because the follow-up data test the durability of the effect of hyperthermia
therapy for cervical cancer patients. The original study was a Phase III
clinical trial involving 358 patients with locally advanced pelvic tumors
conducted at the University Hospital of Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center in
Rotterdam and the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam. The lead author in this
study was Jacoba van der Zee, M. D., PhD. The Dutch Health Insurance Council
funded the study.
The 114 cervical cancer patients enrolled in the
study had tumors that were locoregionally advanced, and their prognosis was
generally grave. The primary endpoints for the study were complete response and
local control of the cancer. The secondary endpoints of the study were overall
survival and toxic effects from radiation or hyperthermia.
The 3-Year
Results
In April
2000 the LANCET published the 3-year data from the study. For the cervical
cancer patients, the data showed a complete-response rate of 83% for patients
receiving both hyperthermia and radiation therapy as compared to 57% for those
receiving radiation alone (p=.003). The published article also noted that “the
improved local-control rates were not accompanied by increased toxic effects
from radiation.” Survival follow-up data showed a 51% survival rate for patients
who received radiation plus hyperthermia therapy, as compared to 27% of those
who received radiation therapy alone (LANCET vol.
According
to the new publication, after 12 years local control remained significantly
better for the cervical cancer patients who received hyperthermia therapy along
with radiation—local control of 56% for that group as compared to 37% for those
who received radiation therapy alone (p=0.01). After 12 years the survival rate
was also persistently better for those patients who received hyperthermia
therapy along with radiation, with a 37% survival rate for those patients as
compared to a 20% survival rate for the patients who received radiation alone
(p=0.03). The new article concludes: “For locoregionally advanced cervical
cancer, the addition of hyperthermia therapy to radiation therapy resulted in
long-term major improvement in local control and survival without increasing
late toxicity.”
The
Rationale of Hyperthermia Therapy
The new
publication offers the following rationale for the use of hyperthermia therapy
with radiation therapy: “Hyperthermia, the artificial increase in tissue
temperature to 40-44 degrees C, is an effective cytotoxic agent, especially in
cells that are in a hypoxic nutrient-deprived low-pH environment. These
conditions are commonly found in malignant tumors and make cells relatively
resistant to radiation therapy. In addition to directly killing cells at
temperatures of 40-44 degrees C, hyperthermia therapy also increases the
cytotoxic effect of radiation therapy. Experimental studies show that it
interfered with the cellular repair of radiation-induced DNA damage, thereby
enhancing the cytotoxic effect of radiation therapy. Hyperthermia also increases
blood flow, which may improve tissue oxygenation and make cells more sensitive
to radiation therapy” (see Int. J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 70, No.
4, pp. 11761182, 2008).
hyperthermia cancer treatment, hyperthermia breast cancer treatment,
hyperthermia prostate cancer treatment. hyperthermia cancer
treatment, hyperthermia breast cancer treatment, hyperthermia prostate cancer treatment.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Call for more information: (310)398-0013,
and ask for Nash. Thanks
Welcome
to
Valley
Cancer Institute / Bicher Cancer Institute
? Remember the lyrics?