Higher survival of refractory metastatizing breast cancer after thermotherapy and autologous specific antitumoral immunotherapy.

46 women (average 54.3 yrs) with refractory metastatizing breast cancer were treated with thermotherapy and autologous specific immunotherapy (rhIL-2 ex vivo activated cells). Metastases involved one organ in 69%; in particular, bone, lung, liver.

Systemic hyperthermia in the treatment of HIV-related Kaposi's sarcoma. A phase I study.

Ten Caucasian males with HIV-related Kaposi's sarcoma, a disseminated disease which is refractory to usual therapies, underwent a single session of systemic hyperthermia with maintenance of core temperatures at 42 degrees C for 1 h. One complete remission and 7 partial remissions were identified when assessed 30 days post-treatment. Two mixed responses were noted in patients whose tumors showed autocrine growth.