European Thermotherapy School

This 3-day European thermotherapy school aims to teach radiation oncologists, (clinical) physicists, radiation therapists, other medical specialists, and researchers the knowledge to perform high quality hyperthermia treatments. The lectures will cover de following topics related to hyperthermia: biology, physics, clinical rationale, implementation and execution of thermortherapy treatments, and new developments in this field.
The lectures are presented by thermotherapy experts from different disciplines and European countries. The school will be held in two hospitals in the Netherlands: Erasmus MC in Rotterdam and Amsterdam UMC in Amsterdam. 

The European Thermotherapy school 

1. provides fundamental knowledge and understanding of biology related to  termotherapy
2. provides fundamental knowledge and understanding of physics related to termotherapy
3. provides a solid background from theory to practical implementation of thermortherapy treatment 
4. discusses clinical rationale for termotherapy
5. gives practical examples of superficial and deep termotherapy treatments
6. discusses new developments in termotherapy

A digital certificate of attendance will be issued upon completion.

The thermotherapy departments at the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute and Amsterdam UMC are two renowned thermotherapy institutes with more than 35 years of experience and expertise in thermotherapy treatments and research. 

Course directors

• Sergio Curto, PhD, Assistant Professor, Group leader Hyperthermia Research Erasmus MC
• Hans Crezee, PhD, Group leader Hyperthermia Research and physicist, Amsterdam UMC
  
  

Organizing committee

• Anton Rink, PhD student, Specialist RTT, hyperthermia department, Erasmus MC
• Daphne de Vries-Huizing, PhD, Technical Physician, hyperthermia department, Amsterdam UMC
• Martine Franckena, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncologist. Erasmus MC
• Willemijn Kolff (MD, Radiation Oncologist, Amsterdam UMC
• Alexandra de Boer, PhD student, Hyperthermia department, Erasmus MC
• Rianne de Kroon-Oldenhof, Specialist RTT, Hyperthermia department, Amsterdam UMC
• Loes van der Sluis, Senior RTT, Hyperthermia department, Amsterdam UMC
• Inge Lieben, Senior RTT, Hyperthermia department, Erasmus MC

Endorsed by

European Society of Hyperthermic Oncology

European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology

Please e-mail your questions at algemeen.secr.rt@erasmusmc.nl. We will do our best to answer them as soon as possible.

 

If you have any further questions about the content of the European thermoradiotherapy school, please contact:
Anton Rink (a.rink@erasmusmc.nl)