**Meet the editor**

Dr. Nagraj G. Huilgol, Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology at Nanavati Hospital finished his diploma in Gynecology and Obstetrics in Mumbai. He then finished his M.D. in Radiation Oncology from All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He joined Tata Memorial Hospital as Senior Registrar after which he worked briefly as assistant professor at Kidwai Memo-

rial Institution of Oncology at Banglore. He later Joined Nanavati Hospital as Chief of Radiation Oncology. He has served on various government bodies including Atomic Energy Regulatory Board for licensing radiation equipments. He is founder member of Society for Cancer Research and Communication. He is also the member of American Therapeutic Radiation Oncologist, Radiation Research Society, USA, and European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology. He is the President of Indian Association of Hyperthermic Oncology and Medicine and Joint Secretary of Indian Society of Oncology. He has nearly 100 published papers published in national and international journals and, edited three books related to cancer. He has been elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. He is involved in clinical research and bench research in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai as well as the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre Bombay. He is currently investigating the role of hyperthermia in the treatment of head & neck cancer & HIV. The trials are being supported by Indian council of medical research.

Contents

Chapter 1 **Local Hyperthermia in Oncology –** 

Chapter 2 **High Temperature Hyperthermia** 

Mansour Lahonian

**To Choose or not to Choose? 1**  Andras Szasz, Nora Iluri and Oliver Szasz

**in Breast Cancer Treatment 83**  Mario Francisco Jesús Cepeda Rubio,

Arturo Vera Hernández and Lorenzo Leija Salas

El-Sayed El-Sherbini and Ahmed El-Shahawy

Chapter 5 **Hyperthermia Tissue Ablation in Radiology 145**  Ragab Hani Donkol and Ahmed Al Nammi

Chapter 7 **Effects of Low-Dose Radon Therapy Applied Under** 

Angelika Moder, Heidi Dobias and Markus Ritter

**Temperature and Energy Expenditure 193** 

**Hyperthermic Conditions (RnHT) on Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Degenerative Disease Conditions 185** 

Chapter 6 **Principles and Application of RF System for Hyperthermia Therapy 171**  Timothy A. Okhai and Cedric J. Smith

Chapter 8 **Histaminergic Modulation of Body** 

Iustin V. Tabarean

Chapter 4 **Diffusion of Magnetic Nanoparticles Within a Biological Tissue During Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia 129** 

Chapter 3 **Laser and Radiofrequency Induced Hyperthermia Treatment via Gold-Coated Magnetic Nanocomposites 101** 
