Oasis of Hope Hospital offers a comprehensive range of standard and alternative cancer therapies to its patients in Tijuana, Mexico. The medical team at Oasis of Hope Hospital integrates such methodologies as hyperthermia cancer therapy, which interrupts the growth and alters the environment of tumors.
Hyperthermia is defined as the raising of body temperature, either at a localized or a systemic level. When the temperature of body tissues rise, the proteins in cell membranes begin to disintegrate and allow for the breakdown of the cell itself, which can cause cell death in the absence of effective cooling properties. Because cancer cells have an inhibited cooling mechanism, hyperthermia can damage tumor structures with minimal damage to surrounding tissues.
