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@INBOOK{Thomsen:186335,
author = {A. R. Thomsen$^*$ and M. R. Saalmann and N. Nicolay$^*$ and
A.-L. Grosu$^*$ and P. Vaupel$^*$},
title = {{I}mproved {O}xygenation of {H}uman {S}kin, {S}ubcutis and
{S}uperficial {C}ancers {U}pon {M}ild {H}yperthermia
{D}elivered by {WIRA}-{I}rradiation.},
volume = {1395},
address = {Cham},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
reportid = {DKFZ-2022-03103},
isbn = {978-3-031-14189-8 (print)},
series = {Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology},
pages = {255 - 261},
year = {2022},
comment = {Oxygen Transport to Tissue XLIII / Scholkmann, Felix
(Editor) ; Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2022,
Chapter 42 ; ISSN: 0065-2598=2214-8019 ; ISBN:
978-3-031-14189-8=978-3-031-14190-4 ;
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14190-4},
booktitle = {Oxygen Transport to Tissue XLIII /
Scholkmann, Felix (Editor) ; Cham :
Springer International Publishing,
2022, Chapter 42 ; ISSN:
0065-2598=2214-8019 ; ISBN:
978-3-031-14189-8=978-3-031-14190-4 ;
doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14190-4},
abstract = {Clinical trials have shown that mild hyperthermia (HT)
serves as an adjunct to cancer treatments such as chemo- and
radiotherapy. Recently, a high efficacy of mild HT
immediately followed by hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT)
in treatment of recurrent breast cancer has been documented
if temperatures of 39-43 °C are achieved for 40-60 min. In
the present study, temperature and oxygenation profiles were
measured in superficial tissues of healthy volunteers
exposed to water-filtered infrared-A- (wIRA)- irradiation,
to verify that adequate thermal doses together with the
improved tumor oxygenation necessary for radiosensitisation
are obtained. Experiments were performed using a wIRA-system
equipped with two wIRA-radiators, each with a thermography
camera for real-time monitoring of the skin surface
temperature. Temperatures within the abdominal wall were
measured with fibre optic sensors at defined tissue depths
(subepidermal, and 1-20 mm inside the tissue). The
corresponding tissue pO2 values were assessed with
fluorometric microsensors. In selected situations,
hyperspectral tissue imaging was used to visualise the
oxygenation status of normal skin and superficial tumours in
patients. Pre-treatment skin surface temperature was 34.6
°C. Upon wIRA exposure, average skin surface temperatures
reached 41.6 °C within 5-12 min. Maximum tissue
temperatures of 41.8 °C were found at a tissue depth of 1
mm, with a steady decline in deeper tissue layers (41.6 °C
@ 5 mm, 40.8 °C @ 10 mm, 40.6 °C @ 15 mm, and 40.1 °C @
20 mm). Effective HT levels ≥39 °C were established in
tissue depths up to 25 mm. Tissue heating was accompanied by
a significant increase in tissue pO2 values [e.g., at a
tissue depth of 13 mm mean pO2 rose from 46 mmHg to 81 mmHg
(@ T = 40.5 °C). In the post-heating phase (+ 5 min), pO2
was 79 mmHg (@ T = 38 °C) and 15 min post-heat pO2 was 72
mmHg (@ T = 36.8 °C)]. pO2 values remained elevated for
30-60 min post-heat. Non-invasive monitoring of normal skin
and of recurrent breast cancers confirmed the improved O2
status by wIRA-HT. In conclusion, wIRA-irradiation enables
effective tissue heating (T = 39-43 °C) associated with
distinct increases in blood flow and pO2. These adjustments
unequivocally meet the requirement for effective
radiosensitisation.},
keywords = {Hypofractionated radiotherapy (Other) / Radiosensitizatiom
(Other) / Thermography (Other) / Water-filtered
infrared-A-(wIRA) irradiation (Other)},
cin = {FR01 / E055},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)FR01-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)E055-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Bildgebung und Radioonkologie (POF4-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)7},
pubmed = {pmid:36527646},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-14190-4_42},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/186335},
}