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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2014;42(6):467–492. doi: 10.1615/critrevbiomedeng.2015012486

Table 3.

Effect of hyperthermic (40 – 46°C) temperatures on blood flow

Autor Tumor Temperature/conditions Blood flow/observations

Ardenne and Reitnauer, 1980 DS carcinoma (rats) Total body heat to 39.5°C plus local heat 43°C/100min inhibition of tumor microcirculation

40–41°C
Tumor pO2 increased
Bicher and Vaupel, 1980 C3H mammary carcinoma, mouse >41°C
42.0°C,40min vascular stasis

Brown et al. 1992 SCC-VII,RIF-1,C3H mammary carcinoma, human mammary carcinomas, mouse 43–46°C/60min decreased clearance rate, vascular damage followed a 1°C chance eq. change in heating time factor 2
Muscle tissue, mouse 43–46°C/60min similar to initial clearance rate

Dickson and carcinomaldenvood, 1980 Yoshida sarcoma, rat 42.0°C/1hr vascular stasis

Dudar and Jain, 1984 VX2 carcinoma, Rabbit 42.5°C,40min vascular stasis

43.0°C/30min vascular stasis
43°C2–15min vaso dilation
Eddy, 1980 Squamous cell carcinoma in hamster cheek pouch 43°C > 15min mild stasis
45°C/30min marked stasis

40.5°C/40min no change
BA1112 rats sarcoma 42.5°C/40min dilation and congestion
Emami et al, 1981
44.5°C/40min hemorrhage and necrosis
BA-1112 rhabdomyosarcoma, rat 42.5°C/40min vascular stasis

40.0°C/1hr vascular stasis
Endrich et al., 1979 BA-1112 rhabdomyosarcoma, rat decreased flow and decreased
41.3°C/1 h
number of functional capillaries

>43.0°C/1h vascular stasis
Gullino et al., 1978 Walker 256 rat mammary carcinoma
40–42°C/1h no consistent or predictable change in blood flow or O2 consumption
Rappaport and Song, 1983 13762A carcinoma,rat 43.5°C/1hr vascular stasis

42–42.5°C/l h no change
Reinhold and Van den Berg-Blok,1981 BA-1112 rhabdomyosarcoma, rat 42–42.5°C/2–3h reduced blood flow and vascular collapse
42.5°C/2.5hr vascular stasis

39°C/45min unaltered vascular resistance and blood flow
Shrivastav et al. 1983 SMT-2A mammary adenocarcinoma, rat 42°C/45min
increased blood flow
45°C/60min

Song at al., 1980b SCK carcinoma, mouse 40.5°C/30min vascular stasis

43°C/1 h no change in tumor blood flow
Song et al., 1980 Walker 256 carcinoma, rat
>43.0°C/1hr vascular stasis

Song et al., 1984 RIF-1 tumor, mouse 42.5°C/1hr vascular stasis

SAFA tumor, mouse 42.5°C/1hr
CAMT, mouse 42.5°C/1hr
Stewart and Begg, 1983 vascular stasis
CANT, mouse 42.5°C/1hr
SAF, mouse 42.5°C/1hr

41/30min increased blood flow
Sturesson et al., 1999 Rat liver parenchyma
44°C/30min decreased blood flow

Sutton,1983 Ependymoblastana, Mouse 42.0°C/1hr vascular stasis

42°C/30min vascular stasis
Vaupel et al., 1980 DA carcinoma in rat kidneys 39.5°C/> 30min increased blood flow and O2 consumption
42°C/> 30min decreased blood flow and O2 consumption

Waterman et al., 1991 Superficial human tumors 40–44°C/60min blood flow independent of temperature