Clinical Study using the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System Combined with Chemotherapy to Treat Pediatric Tumors Shows Promise
SALT LAKE
CITY, April 22, 2010—
BSD Medical Corporation (“BSD”) (NASDAQ:BSDM) today
reported clinical study data showing that hyperthermia, using the BSD-2000
Hyperthermia System, combined with chemotherapy has the potential to improve
control rate and long term survival for the treatment of children with
high-risk cancer who have a dismal prognosis.
The
clinical study data will be presented by Rüdiger Wessalowski, M.D, Associate
Professor at the Clinic of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Heinrich-Heine
University, Dusseldorf, Germany at the annual Society for Thermal Medicine
(STM) meeting to be held in Clearwater, Florida on April 23 to April 26, 2010.
The
treatment involves cisplatin based chemotherapy combined with deep hyperthermia
using the BSD-2000•3D/MR Hyperthermia System.
The cancers treated were largely non-cranial germ cell and
rhabdomyosarcomas.
The study
analyzed the ability of the BSD-2000•3D/MR
to
non-invasively measure the temperature changes during delivery of
hyperthermia.
The report involved 628
treatments delivered to 115 children (71 with tumor recurrence and 44 with
tumors that could not be surgically removed or that had responded poorly to previous
therapies).
Dr.
Wessalowski stated, “By multimodality therapy with regional hyperthermia, local
tumor control rate and long term survival can be improved in children with
high-risk tumors with dismal prognosis.
Multiple channel heat applicators and non-invasive MR temperature
monitoring for childhood cancer can produce precise target volumes with
substantial sparing of normal tissues.”
About Heinrich-Heine
University, Dusseldorf, Germany The
University Pediatric Oncology Clinic at Dusseldorf has taken the lead on
several national and international studies designed to optimize pediatric
oncology therapy.
For more than 10
years the Dusseldorf Pediatric Oncology Department has pioneered the application
of hyperthermia therapy for treating children’s cancers.
The treatments use a BSD-2000 Hyperthermia
System to deliver deep regional hyperthermia combined with chemotherapy, per a
treatment protocol adopted by the German Society for Pediatric Oncology and
Hematology.
About the Society of Thermal Medicine (STM)
STM is a key professional organization for healthcare
professionals who provide care for cancer patients and who are interested in
the general medical applications of thermal therapies.
The society provides a framework to
promote various activities within the field of thermal medicine, including:
fostering interaction and training, promoting clinical research, advocating for
patient access to thermal therapy, and educating the broader community
regarding the value of thermal medicine.
The scientific society of STM is solely devoted to the study of
temperature and its role in medicine and biology.
BSD Medical Corporation develops, manufactures, markets and
services systems to treat cancer and benign diseases using heat therapy
delivered using focused radio frequency (RF) and microwave energy.
BSD’s product lines include both
hyperthermia and ablation treatment systems.
BSD’s hyperthermia cancer treatment systems, which have been
in use for several years in the United States, Europe and Asia, are used to
treat certain tumors with heat (hyperthermia) while increasing the
effectiveness of other therapies such as radiation therapy.
BSD’s microwave ablation system, which
the Company will introduce to the market this year, has been developed as a
stand-alone therapy to employ precision-guided microwave energy to ablate
(destroy) soft tissue.
The Company
has extensive intellectual property, multiple products in the market and well
established distribution in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Certain of the Company’s products have
received regulatory approvals in the United States, Europe and China.
The BSD-2000 is restricted to
investigational use in the US.
For
further information visit BSD Medical's website at www.BSDMedical.com.
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