Statistical Analysis of Ultrasonic Scattered Echoes Enables the Non-invasive Measurement of Temperature Elevations inside Tumor Tissue during Oncological Hyperthermia.

Non-invasive monitoring of temperature elevations inside tumor tissue is imperative for the oncological thermotherapy known as hyperthermia. In the present study, two cancer patients, one with a developing right renal cell carcinoma and the other with pseudomyxoma peritonei, underwent hyperthermia. The two patients were irradiated with radiofrequency current for 40 min during hyperthermia.