Knub thermotherapy based on exothermic chemical reaction

Abstract

The present invention is thermal tumor treating process based on exothermal chemical reaction, and chemical reactants capable of producing exothermal reaction is injected through microtrauma injection to the targeted tumor region for producing chemical reaction releasing heat killing the tumor. The chemical reactants may be concentrated hydrochloric acid solution and sodium hydroxide solution in the molar ratio of 1-2 injected to the targeted tumor region, or concentrated sulfuric acid in 10-200 g injected to the targeted tumor region and water injected into the tumor tissue. The thermal tumor treating process has microtrauma, high safety, high treating effect, simple operation and other advantages, and may be combined easily with other tumor treating process.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a tumor hyperthermia method, in particular to a tumor hyperthermia method based on an exothermic chemical reaction directly applied to a tumor target area. Background technique [0002] Tumors, especially malignant tumors, are one of the most important killers that threaten human health and life, and surgical resection, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are considered to be the most effective treatments so far. However, resection will cause limb mutilation, and radiotherapy and chemotherapy will cause physical and mental damage due to side effects, all of which will inevitably reduce the survival rate and quality of life of patients. Therefore, it has always been a research hotspot in the field of biomedical engineering to seek minimally invasive treatment methods that can effectively kill tumor cells and ensure less damage and less toxic side effects. [0003] Tumor hyperthermia uses heat to treat tumors. It has developed rapidly...

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Problems solved by technology

Although radiofrequency hyperthermia can heat deep tumors, it needs water to cool the local area, and the subcutaneous fat is prone to overheating and pain, resulting in hard joints and difficult operation

Ultrasonic focused hyperthermia has strong penetrating power and can treat deep tumors. However, due to the limitation of ultrasound itself, it cannot penetrate gas-containing tissues or bones, so the scope of application is greatly limited.

[0004] For all existing tumor hyperthermia methods, the core problem to be solved is how to direct the heat to the tumor target tissue, and heat the tumor tissue to an effective killing temperature without damaging normal tissue. There is still no good solution to the problem

In addition, a common feature of the thermotherapy equipment based on the above method is that the structure is complex, the price is generally very expensive, and the operation is complicated, so the treatment cost is very high

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