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A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells or to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.

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Hyperthermia is an unusually high fever.


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Yang got hyperthermia.


When was International Journal of Hyperthermia created?

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hyperthermia.


What is the opposite of hyperthermia?

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What is the difference between hypothermia and hyperthermia?

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