Microwaves are used to destroy tumors through the heat in a process known as hypothermia. Clinical studies have shown that treatment with conventional
radiotherapy and chemotherapy in combination with hypothermia long term can
double the capacity to cure certain cancers such as cervical cancer and soft
tissue sarcoma. "We are currently developing a hypothermia system that can reach new deep
tumors in the head and neck with great precision," says Hana Dobsicek
Trefna, Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and notes that ‘in this way, higher
temperatures can reach the tumor without affecting surrounding tissues’.
