Technische Universiteit Delft

26th ESHO Annual Meeting educational day

door M&C

Never before were the prospects of hyperthermia as promising as today. Recent clinical and technological advances will enhance the use of hyperthermia in multimodal cancer treatment.

19 mei 2010 - 22 mei 2010
plaats: TU Delft

26th ESHO Annual Meeting educational day
website: http://www.esho.info/esho2010

From 20-22 May, the European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology (ESHO) will hold its annual meeting in the World Trade Center (WTC) Rotterdam. On 19 May, the meeting will be preceeded by an educational day at Delft University of Technology.

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Educational day

Wednesday 19 May, 2010 â Technical University Delft

8.30 Bus leaves from Beurs-WTC Rotterdam to Technical University Delft 9.30 Reception with Coffee and Tea

Plenary tutorials - Room F (F105)

10.00 Thermophysiology
W. van Marken Lichtenbelt
10.50 Tumour physiology
P. Vaupel
11.40 Introduction to Electromagnetics and Ultrasound K. van Dongen

12.30 Lunch

Clinical workshops, Room C117

Chair: J. van der Zee

13.30 Superficial Hyperthermia


- Introduction to hyperthermia in breast cancer


- Rotterdam: equipment, guidelines, procedure


- Superficial hyperthermia treatment planning

15.00 Coffee break

15.30 Deep Hyperthermia


- Introduction to hyperthermia in cervical cancer


- Rotterdam: equipment, procedure, quality assurance


- Deep hyperthermia treatment optimization

Modelling, Room F

13.30 Advanced electromagnetics and ultrasound

K. van Dongen

14.15 Computational methods

A. Tijhuis

15.00 Coffee break

15.30 Clinical use of hyperthermia treatment planning and recent technology developments: an overview of the current status quo

J. Bakker

16.15 Nonlinear ultrasound

M. Verweij