A pilot study of whole body hyperthermia and local irradiation for advanced non-small cell lung cancer confined to the thorax

Six patients with Stage III non-small cell lung cancer completed therapy which consisted of 4 whole body hyperthermia (WBH) treatments during the first 2 weeks of a 6 week course of radiotherapy (60 Gy). A radiant heat system was used to deliver the 41.8 degree C WBH. To reduce the danger of transverse myelitis, the spinal cord (and therefore part of the mediastinum and contralateral hilar region) was not irradiated during the first 2 weeks of …