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Heat Fractionation and Thermotolerance: A Review¹

Department of Radiology, University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132

A rational approach to the design of clinical protocols combining fractionated hyperthermia plus X-Irradiation or hyperthermia plus chemotherapy requires an understanding of the biology of fractionated heat alone. Mammalian cells growing in vitro can dramatically increase their tolerance to thermal damage (i.e., reduce the cellular inactivation rate) after prior heat conditioning. Although the mechanism(s) for this cellular thermotolerance is still unknown, it is apparent that the thermal history, the heat fractionation interval, and the recovery conditions all modify significantly the degree of thermotolerance subsequently exhibited.

At the tissue level, the role of cellular thermotolerance is further complicated by host physiological mechanisms. Few data are available on heat fractionation in vivo, and the relative importance of physiological versus cellular effects remains to be defined.

¹ This work was supported by Damon-Runyon Postdoctoral Fellowship DRG-126F and National Cancer Institutes Grants CA 14165 and T32 CA 09097.

² In the interest of being current, several authors have permitted us to cite unpublished data. We are grateful for their generosity.

Received 9/19/77. Accepted 3/14/78.

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