(2-AUDIO CD DISC SET) Hyperthermia in Oncology: The Hot Topic

The use of hyperthermia is fast becoming a standard of care for many cancer types. Most recently it has become a standard of care, alongside current conventional treatments, for sarcomas (bone cancer) in the U.S. It is standard in Japan for head and neck cancer, and a standard for cervical cancer in Holland. For those ND's treating cancer patients, knowing what this treatment is and how it works will allow them to provide their patients with the most current information on best practices. The use of heat is as fundamental a treatment in naturopathy as any herb or other element. Heat has been espoused as a cancer treatment by ancient Indian, Chinese, Roman and Greek physicians as a primary treatment. This lecture will provide an introduction to the use of hyperthermia within an integrative oncology setting. Although new in North America, hyperthermia had been used and studied extensively in Europe and Asia. It is now gaining acceptance in North America, as an effective int