Hyperthermia therapy

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Hyperthermia therapy
Whole-body suit used in hyperthermia therapy.
ICD-10-PCS	6A3
ICD-9-CM	93.35, 99.85
MeSH	D006979
OPS-301 code	8–60
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Hyperthermia therapy (or hyperthermia, or thermotherapy) is a type of medical treatment in which body tissue is exposed to temperatures above body temperature, in the region of 40–45 °C (104–113 °F). Hyperthermia is usually applied as an adjuvant to radiotherapy or chemotherapy, to which it works as a sensitizer, in an effort to treat cancer.^[1][2]

Hyperthermia uses higher temperatures than diathermy and lower temperatures than ablation.^[3] When combined with radiation therapy, it can be called thermoradiotherapy.