Abstract
Nowadays, there are multiple ways to treat and cure cancer. Scientists are doing research in this area to eradicate cancer without causing harm to patient’s health. Hyperthermia is a method to cure cancer in which body tissue of the affected area is exposed to high temperatures to damage or kill cancer cells. However, hyperthermia is found to be most effective as an adjuvant to conventional treatment therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy. The major target for the project is to increase the effectiveness of heat generation in a typical hyperthermia unit, using improved reflectors, to potentially avoid radiation to the parts of body that are not infected by cancer cells. Temperature measurements were carried out on hyperthermia equipment itself as well as in conjunction with reflector to compare the relative efficiency of the equipment.