Carlo Pastore¹* and Valeria Giannini²

¹Sanatrix Clinic, Oncologist, Rome, Italy
²Independent Consultant, Nurse, Rome, Italy

*Corresponding Author: Carlo Pastore, Sanatrix Clinic, Oncologist, Rome, Italy.

Received: October 19, 2022; Published: November 16, 2022

Abstract

The present observational study concerns the impact of the hyperthermic method (deep capacitive radiofrequency hyperthermia) on the quality of life of cancer patients in active and inactive therapy. It considers the improvement of symptoms such as pain, fatigue and the psychological state of the patient after one cycle of treatment. The assessment of the patient's quality of life was performed using the SF-12 test, which is widely used for this purpose in the international medical literature. The use of hyperthermia in improving the quality of life of cancer patients seems relevant and this encourages further studies as well as the use of the method on a wider scale.

Keywords: Oncology; Oncological Hyperthermia; Quality of Life

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Citation

Citation: Carlo Pastore and Valeria Giannini. “Oncological Hyperthermia and Quality of Life”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 6.12 (2022): 29-32.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Carlo Pastore and Valeria Giannini. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.