BSD Medical Corporation

BSD Medical Reports Hyperthermia Therapy Contributes to Improved Survival Rate for Bladder Cancer Patients

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 17th, 2009

BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ:BSDM) announced that published study results demonstrated improvement in overall survival, tumor response rates, and local tumor control from the addition of hyperthermia therapy, delivered using the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System, to the standard treatment regimen for 45 patients with high-risk bladder cancer.

The multi-institutional study, titled "Quadrimodal treatment of high-risk T1 and T2 bladder cancer: Transurethral tumor resection followed by concurrent radiochemotherapy and regional deep hyperthermia," demonstrated an 80% 3-year overall survival for these high-risk patients who were treated with hyperthermia. The researchers also...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-11-17)

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