European Thermotherapy School 2025

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

The course will start on Monday April 14, 2025.

Duration: 3 days.

Day 1 - Monday April 14th, Erasmus MC, Room Sp-2407

Time	Topic
10.00 - 10.20	Welcome
10.20 - 10.30	Introduction tot the European school and hyperthermia department
10.30 - 11.05	Fundamental biology concepts on the clinical application of thermoradiotherapy
11.05 - 11.35	Break
11.35 - 11.55	Biological Modeling
11.55 - 12.15	Fundamental principles of thermotherapy physics
12.15 - 13.00	Lunch
13.00 - 13.30	Clinical physics of thermotherapy and clinical applicators
13.30 - 14.00	Clinical indications of semi deep and superficial HT + treatment schemes
14.00 - 14.30	Clinical indications for wIRA + treatment schemes
14.30 - 14.55	Clinical indications for deep HT + treatment schemes/td>
14.55 - 15.15	Break
15.20 - 16.00	Combinations with other therapeutic options
16.00 - 16.20	Head and neck hyperthermia
16.20 - 16.30	Closing and information for the next day
17.00	Social diner
Day 2 - Monday April 15th, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC
Time	Topic
10.00 - 10.10	Welcome
10.10 - 10.20	Introduction hyperthermia department AMC
10.20 - 10.50	Application in the clinic of quality assurance guidelines
10.50 - 11.10	Break
11.10 - 11.30	Quality assurance Equipment (devices and thermometry)
11.30 - 12.00	Treatment planning
12.00 - 13.00	Lunch
13.00 - 13.35	Clinical workflow
13.35 - 14.05	Clinical pitfall and challenges
14.05 - 14.25	Contra indications, implants and important considerations
14.25 - 14.50	Break
15.00 - 15.45	Demonstration Superficial + wIRA + Deep+AMC2
15.45 - 16.30	Demonstration Superficial + WIRA + Deep + AMC2
16.30 - 16.40	Closing
Day 3 - Wednesday April 16th, Erasmus MC, room Sp-2407
Time	Topic
09.10 - 09.15	Welcome
09.15 - 10.15	Patient examples with challenging cases and discussion
10.15 - 10.40	Break
10.50 - 11.20	Demonstration Deep + Superficial + MRI
11.20 - 11.50	Demonstration Deep + Superficial + MRI
11.50 - 12.20	Demonstration Deep + Superficial + MRI
12.30 - 13.25	Lunch
13.25 - 13.55	Practicalities to start a clinical program on hyperthermia
13.55 - 14.15	Current international research and clinical trials
14.15 - 15.00	Future perspectives and discussion
15.00 - 15.10	Closing
15.10	Drinks and snacks

 

The early* registration fee is €250 per person.

The late registration is € 325 per person.

This includes a train ticket to Amsterdam, lunch on all three days and social dinner on the first day. This does not include travel and hotel costs.

*Early rates are applied up to three months (14-01-2025) before the starting date of the school.

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) 

You can sign up by sending an email to algemeen.secr.rt@erasmusmc.nl.
You will then receive an email with more information about registration and payment.

 

Registration is possible until March 21, 2025.

 

Free cancellation, with refund of registration fee, is possible until February 2nd, 2025. After this date cancellation is free of charge, but without refund.