Fourth Annual Sanrocco International Cancer Symposium

This meeting seems to show that while technical problems connected with heat treatment of deep-seated tumors is being studied with advanced and adequate methods, and while there is some animal evidence for synergism between heat, radiation, and cytostatics, there is not yet convincing evidence that this new form is reproducibly beneficial in the clinical situation. The reason is that it is difficult to distinguish between the effects of heat and those of simultaneously given radiation or drugs. However, on-going controlled studies hold promise of answers rather soon.