Oncothermia at the Congress of Radiotherapy Technicians (10-12 / 11/2017, Lisbon, Portugal)
Oncothermia at the Congress of Radiotherapy Technicians (10-12 / 11/2017, Lisbon, Portugal)
Oncothermia is an adjuvant treatment for cancer. It is present at an international level at events such as this congress and other conferences. At these scientific meetings, doctors, technicians and healthcare personnel give presentations to disseminate the results of clinical cases.
Congress in Lisboa
Therefore, on November 10-12, 2017, in Lisbon, took place the Congress of Radiotherapy Technicians (Congresso 2017art).
The congress was organized in different sections. Professor Szasz led the talk “Immunological effects with Oncothermia“, where he presented his latest research and results. Also, he detailed his studies on Oncothermia and the results in relation to the inhibitory effect on the natural activity of the malignant cells. Among other things he highlighted the stimulation of the patient’s immune response.
Objective of the research
Most of the radiation therapies act locally. The local control of the tumor is usually not enough for elongation of the survival time because the malignancy is systemic. The abscopal effect, together with immune-stimuli could extend the local method to systemic and could be effective against macro- and micrometastases, too. Our objective is presenting the abscopal effect of modulated electro-hyperthermia (mEHT, oncothermia).
References
https://www.justnews.pt/documentos/2015/image/file/17e/ProgramaCNART-2017.pdf
http://oncotherm.com/en/news-events/congresso-2017-art-profandras-szasz-was-invited-hold-lecture
