Kim Jong-Hun, Shin Jin-Yong, Lee Sun-Young
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jeonbuk National University Hospital-Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju 54907, Republic of Korea.
Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Republic of Korea.
Cancers (Basel). 2024 Apr 22;16(8):1604. doi: 10.3390/cancers16081604.
Painful pelvic and spinal bone metastases are a considerable challenge for doctors and patients. Conventional therapies include morphine-equivalent medication (MeM) and local radiotherapy (RT), but these interventions are not always successful. More recently, hyperthermia (HT) has been applied to complement RT and MeM, and this complex approach has shown promising synergistic results. The objective of our study was to present the results of RT combined with a special kind of HT (modulated electrohyperthermia, mEHT), in which some of the thermal effect is contributed by equivalent nonthermal components, drastically reducing the necessary power and energy. This retrospective study included 61 patients divided into three groups with pelvic and spinal bone metastases to compare the effects of RT and mEHT alone and in combination (RT + mEHT). A detailed evaluation of pain intensity, measured by the brief pain inventory score, MeM use, and breakthrough pain episodes, revealed no significant differences between RT and mEHT alone; thus, these individual methods were considered equivalent. However, RT + mEHT yielded significantly better results in terms of the above parameters. Clinically, mEHT has a lower risk of adverse thermal effects, and due to its efficacy, mEHT can be used to treat RT-resistant lesions.
疼痛性骨盆和脊柱骨转移对医生和患者来说都是一项重大挑战。传统疗法包括等效吗啡类药物(MeM)和局部放疗(RT),但这些干预措施并不总是成功的。最近,热疗(HT)已被用于补充放疗和等效吗啡类药物,这种综合方法已显示出有前景的协同效果。我们研究的目的是展示放疗联合一种特殊热疗(调制射频热疗,mEHT)的结果,其中部分热效应由等效非热成分产生,大幅降低了所需的功率和能量。这项回顾性研究纳入了61例患有骨盆和脊柱骨转移的患者,将其分为三组,以比较单独放疗、单独mEHT以及联合治疗(放疗 + mEHT)的效果。通过简明疼痛量表评分、等效吗啡类药物使用情况和爆发性疼痛发作对疼痛强度进行的详细评估显示,单独放疗和单独mEHT之间无显著差异;因此,这些单独的方法被认为是等效的。然而,就上述参数而言,放疗 + mEHT产生了显著更好的结果。临床上,mEHT产生不良热效应风险较低,并且由于其疗效,mEHT可用于治疗放疗抵抗性病变。