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  1. Hyperthermia 
  2.  
  3. Penny K. Sneed, MD 
  4.  
  5. The idea of using heat to help destroy tumors has
  6. been around for a long time. In the early 1800s,
  7. there were medical reports that some people
  8. with cancer showed signs of tumor shrinkage
  9. after they developed high fevers. By the
  10. end of the last century, there were reports
  11. of some complete remissions because of
  12. high body temperatures.
  13.     But hyperthermia‚Äîthe word means
  14. elevated temperature and refers to the
  15. use of heat in the treatment of cancer‚Äî
  16. has only recently been added to the