HBOT News & Research
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is increasingly appearing in the news and new research as a treatment for a variety of conditions involving inflammation. Use the search or select an article below to keep up to date on the most recent HBOT News.
Recent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) News
Preliminary report on ten patients with spinal cord injuries treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: A preliminary report is presented on 10 patients with spinal cord injuries who were treated with hyperbaric oxygen. The results suggest that by supporting injured spinal cord tissue with oxygen under pressure, improvement in nerve...
Hyperbaric oxygen and radiotherapy: a Medical Research Council trial in carcinoma of the cervix.
Abstract: In a randomized controlled clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen in the radiotherapy of advanced carcinoma of the uterine cervix a total of 320 cases were contributed by four radiotherapy centres in the United Kingdom. The use of hyperbaric...
Hyperbaric oxygen and radiotherapy: a Medical Research Council trial in carcinoma of the bladder.
Abstract: In a randomized controlled clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen in the radiotherapy of carcinoma of the bladder a total of 241 cases were contributed by four radiotherapy centres in the United Kingdom. In this trial where in each centre...
Hyperbaric oxygen: the Medical Research Council trials and their clinical significance.
Abstract: The clinical trials of the use of hyperbaric oxygen in radiotherapy conducted by the Medical Research Council's working party have shown that local cure and survival can be improved in head and neck and cervical cancer. Evidence for...
Hyperbaric oxygen and radiotherapy. The Medical Research Council’s Working Party.
Abstract: Windeyer, , , , , , , , (1978). Hyperbaric oxygen and radiotherapy. The Medical Research Council's Working Party. The British journal of radiology, 1978 Nov;51(611):875. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/361142
Comparative trial of large and small fractions in the radiotherapy of head and neck cancer.
Abstract: A random controlled trial was performed to compare long and short fractionation of radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer with a poor prognosis. Ninety-eight matched pairs were treated, one member of each pair received 10...
Radiotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen. Report of a Medical Research Council Working Party.
Abstract: The M.R.C. Working Party has coordinated randomised clinical trials to assess hyperbaric oxygen as a sensitiser in radiotherapy. 1669 patients were registered in these studies between 1963 and 1976. Hyperbaric oxygen significantly...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in anaerobic infections.
Abstract: Slack, , , , , , , , (1978). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in anaerobic infections. Medical times, 1978 Oct;106(10):15d(82)-16d(82),21d(82). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/713738
Combined microwave therapy.
Abstract: Fifty-two cases of advanced head and neck cancer were treated by 434-MHz radiowave hyperthermia which was combined with cobalt radiotherapy and/or radioactive gold grain implant. Complete resolution of primary and secondary lesions...