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. 2023 Nov 21;13:20360. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-47802-5

Table 2.

Number of immunomodulating therapy sessions. Data are presented as mean (range).

Therapy CRC (N = 21) Pancreatic (N = 14) CCC (N = 5) Gastric (N = 5) Esophageal (N = 4)
Locoregional mEHT 16.57 (6–42) 19.71 (2–47) 20.20 (13–35) 25.40 (13–51) 16.25 (5–44)
wIRA hyperthermia 2.10 (0–19) 1.93 (0–16) 2.60 (0–13) 5.80 (0–17) 0.25 (0–1)
Mild WBH 3.52 (0–8) 4.43 (1–8) 4.80 (3–7) 5.60 (0–15) 5.25 (2–10)
Moderate WBH 1.71 (0–15) 1.79 (0–13) 2.60 (0–9) 0.00 (0–0) 0.25 (0–1)
Long duration moderate WBH 1.00 (0–3) 2.14 (1–12) 1.20 (1–2) 2.60 (1–4) 1.00 (0–2)
Low-dose ipilimumab 1 3.57 (0–12) 3.36 (1–6) 4.20 (3–6) 5.00 (3–12) 6.00 (3–9)
Low-dose nivolumab 1 4.09 (1–12) 3.43 (1–7) 3.60 (2–6) 6.60 (3–12) 6.00 (3–9)
Interleukin-2 3.86 (1–22) 3.93 (1–14) 7.40 (1–18) 2.80 (1–5) 3.25 (1–6)
High-dose vitamin C 14.81 (2–35) 16.86 (4–38) 19.40 (13–36) 22.20 (13–34) 15.00 (5–37)
Curcumin 2.00 (0–21) 1.14 (0–12) 4.20 (0–15) 1.00 (0–5) 2.50 (0–10)
Dichloroacetate 1.71 (0–8) 3.14 (0–22) 5.40 (0–12) 1.60 (0–4) 4.00 (0–13)
Artesunate 2.05 (0–8) 0.86 (0–8) 5.20 (0–11) 1.00 (0–5) 0.00 (0–5)
Ozone therapy 0.81 (0–4) 1.07 (0–7) 2.40 (0–5) 0.00 (0–0) 0.50 (0–2)
Interferon-γ 1.57 (0–13) 2.64 (0–13) 3.80 (0–9) 1.00 (0–5) 0.00 (0–0)
Metronomic chemotherapy 0.57 (0–11) 3.93 (0–15) 1.20 (0–3) 5.40 (0–18) 2.75 (1–5)

1A single patient in the CRC cohort received nivolumab as monotherapy. CCC: cholangiocellular cancer; CRC: colorectal cancer; mEHT: modulated electro-hyperthermia; WBH: whole-body hyperthermia; wIRA: water-filtered infrared-A.