Dear #ThermoOncology Followers,

How much do you know about the history of #Hyperthermia and ancient therapies? Do you know #Hyperthermia has been used as a therapy for centuries, dating back to Hippocrates in the 5th century BC!

Here are some of the historical milestones in the development of hyperthermia as a cancer therapy:

#5th century BC Hippocrates used hot compresses to treat breast diseases.

#1866 Carl Busch published a paper describing the case of a woman with advanced sarcoma whose tumor regressed after she developed a fever.

#1960s Researchers begin to develop more sophisticated methods of heating tumors.

#1970s Clinical trials are conducted to assess the efficacy of hyperthermia in combination with other cancer treatments.

#1980s The National Cancer Institute (NCI) establishes a hyperthermia research program.

#1990s The NCI publishes a consensus statement on using hyperthermia in cancer therapy.

#2000s Ongoing research continues to investigate the efficacy and safety of #hyperthermia as a cancer therapy.