Hyperthermia treatment uses heat to destroy tumor cells.
Washington University researchers have studied hyperthermia for 16 years and found that it is useful as a supplement to conventional cancer therapies for controlling certain types of cancer. Roti Roti and other researchers have learned that hyperthermia affects proteins inside the nucleus. But it is not clear precisely how heat induces tumor cell death. The goal of the work is to provide information that will help clinicians make the best use of hyperthermia in cancer patients. Roti Roti is an associate director of the Radiation Oncology Center and chief of the Department of Radiology's Section of Cancer Biology.