Motto of the day
Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other.
Anton Chekhov

Events

34 ESHO Annual Congress 2022, Gothenburg

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PTHO 2020 Annual Meeting

In 2020 the annual meeting of PTHO will have a form of a joint congress, together with Polish Brachytherapy Society.

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13th ICHO Congress

Every four years, the three largest scientific societies focusing on oncology hyperthermia, namely European ESHO, American STM and Asian JCTM. organize a joint world congress under the name ICHO (International Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology).

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Knowledge base

PTHO movie channel on Youtube
Movie collection of PTHO

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PTHO library
In this section of the site, information about book items related to hyperthermia is included. In the interest of promoting…

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Scientific publications
LIST OF INTERESTING ARTICLES If you are interested in the full text of the article, please contact us by e-mail…

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The basics of hyperthermia
Section under construction, for the moment we invite you to the section "Scientific publications".

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HT + CT
Interaction of Hyperthermia with Cytostatics It can be independent (eg 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate, taxanes), additive (doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, ifosphamide, gemcitabine, etc.) or…

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HT + RT
Hyperthermia with Radiotherapy It aims to increase the efficiency of irradiation by sensitizing the tumor tissue by temperature. In practice,…

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Immunomodulation and other biological effects of HT
Controlled temperature elevation of the organ or whole body can trigger a whole chain of biological reactions. In this section…

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Division criteria and classification of hyperthermia

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Current Projects

Statute committee

During the General Meeting of PTHO members on 17 June 2016, it was decided to prepare a number of necessary changes to the statute. Among other things is about the appointment of the so-called The Peer Tribunal, removal of some unnecessary records, etc. The result of the project should be propose a new and discussed […]

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PTHO recommendations for selected disease units

Incorporation of hyperthermia into the „Evidence-Based Medicine” is already a fact

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Essential Partners

Wielkopolskie Centrum Onkologii

Sponsors

Fundacja Onkologiczna Nadzieja

HT Systems

Von Ardenne Institute of Applied Medical Research GmbH