Table 2.
Heating Criterion |
External | Intravesical | |||
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Deep Regional Electromagnetic |
Deep Focused Ultrasound |
Capacitive Current |
Microwave | Circulating Heated Fluid |
|
Homogeneity of heating around interior wall of bladder | + | − − | − | − − | + + |
Depth of penetration of heating through tissue | + + | + + | + + | − | − − |
Control of maximum temperature | − − | − | − − | − | + + |
Circulation/mixing of drug in contact with bladder wall | − | − | − | + | + + |
Heating of tumor tissue outside the bladder | + + | + | + | − | − − |
Heating of normal tissue outside the bladder | − − | − | − − | + | + + |
Ease of Heating | − | − − | − | − | + + |
Patient Tolerance | − | − | − | − | + |
+ + Major Advantage, + Moderate Advantage, −Moderate Shortcoming, − − Major Shortcoming