'Atzelberg Circle' researchers meet to advance hyperthermia as standard combination cancer therapy

BSD Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: BSDM) (Company or BSD) (www.BSDMedical.com), a developer and manufacturer of advanced medical systems that utilize heat therapy to treat cancer, announced today that a distinguished, international team of leading oncologists met in council while attending the May 2012 conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) in Barcelona, Spain. The team, known as the "Atzelberg Circle," includes leading researchers from multiple internationally-renowned cancer research centers. The purpose of the meeting was to develop strategies to advance hyperthermia as standard cancer therapy in combination with radiation and chemotherapy.

To the great frustration of many leading oncologists, including the oncologists in the Atzelberg Circle, cancer death rates remain high. Better technologies and methods for the treatment of cancer are desperately needed. In strategizing its initiatives, the Atzelberg Circle reviewed impressive results from clinical trials showing that hyperthermia therapy can substantially improve patient outcomes when combined with radiation or chemotherapy for the treatment of glioblastoma (brain cancer), breast cancer, head and neck cancer, sarcomas, prostate cancer, peritoneal cancer and cervical cancer.

Members of the circle and their associates are currently conducting and planning clinical trials on the addition of hyperthermia therapy to standard treatments for pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer and peritoneal cancer.

Source BSD Medical Corporation

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