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Asea, Alexzander Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M Health Science Center, USA Targeting Hsp27 in breast cancer tumors using combined lentivirus-RNAi technology Sunday April 15: Immune Regulation by HSPs and Thermal Stress - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Barnes, Klressa University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Hyperthermia-enhanced Indocyanine Green delivery for laser light-induced thermal ablation of carcinomas Monday April 16: Nanoparticles and Other New Directions in Thermal Therapy - 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Bicher, Haim Bicher Cancer Institute, USA Hyperfractionated Thermoradiotherapy (HTRT) is more effective and less invasive than radiation or chemoradiation in heatable cancers - a meta analysis Sunday April 15: Clinical Trials Update - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Bischof, John University of Minnesota, USA A new 1-D model for pulsed KTP laser tissue ablation Sunday April 15: Laser Induced Thermal Ablation - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Bowman, H. Frederick Harvard-M.I.T. Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Response of blood flow to hyperthermia in prostate cancer patients Monday April 16: Biological Realities and Combined Regimen Rationales from Hyperthermia to Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Bull, Joan University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA Today's view of whole-body thermochemotherapy Sunday April 15: Clinical Trials Update - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Burke, Caitlin Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center & National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA Sector-vortex phased-array transducer system for magnetic resonance guided high-intensity focused ultrasound mediated hyperthermia Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Calderwood, Stuart Harvard Medical School, USA Protein kinase A regulates molecular chaperone transcription and protein aggregation Sunday April 15: Biological and Stress Responses to Thermal Therapy - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Capitano, Maegan Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA A novel warming strategy for improving neutrophil recovery following total body irradiation Sunday April 15: Revisiting Radio/Chemo Sensitization - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Chiang, Chi-Feng Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Ultrasound sonication with microbubbles enhances thermo-chemotherapy for tumor treatment Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Chiang, Jason University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA Decreased blood flow associated with higher risk of cytotoxic heat transfer in microwave tumor ablation Monday April 16: Biological Realities and Combined Regimen Rationales from Hyperthermia to Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Christensen, Douglas University of Utah, USA Correction for skull phase aberration in transcranial brain HIFU Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Crezee, Hans Academic Medical Center, department of Radiation Oncology, The Netherlands Fast thermal modeling including 3D vessel networks using GPU calculations Saturday April 14: Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Hyperthermia equipment for multicentre trials Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Tumor temperature as a function of power during regional hyperthermia: a comparison between the AMC-4 and AMC-8 system Sunday April 15: Advances in Devices - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Dewhirst, Mark Duke University, USA Clinically relevant biologic questions for human clinical trials Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
New insights into the biologic impact of thermal therapy: lessons from prospective thermal dosimetry trials Meeting Gets Underway!: Opening Lecture by Mark Dewhirst, DVM, PhD: New Insights into the Biologic Impact of Thermal Therapy: Lessons from Prospective Thermal Dosimetry Trials - 6:30 pm
Dillon, Christopher University of Utah, USA Magnetic resonance-guided HIFU SAR estimation Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Eng, Jason Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA Ambient housing temperature of mice affects response of tumors to therapeutics Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Epple, Laura Colorado State University, USA A chaperone-rich cell lysate used to treat state III broncoalveolar adenocarcinoma in a dog: a case study Sunday April 15: Control of Inflammation and Immunity by Mediators of Thermal Stress - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Etheridge, Michael University of Minnesota, USA An improved cryosurgical probe testbed based on convective exchange boundary conditions Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Investigating electromagnetic field, nanoparticle design, and treatment volume for magnetic nanoparticle thermal therapy Monday April 16: Nanotechnology and Thermal Medicine - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Evans, Sharon Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA Systemic thermal therapy overcomes vascular impediments to adaptive anti-tumor immunity Sunday April 15: Immune Regulation by HSPs and Thermal Stress - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Fahrenholtz, Samuel The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA Uncertainty quantification for planning MR-guided laser induced thermal therapy procedures Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Feng, PhD, Yusheng University of Texas at San Antonio, USA Refresher course: introduction to bioheat transfer and thermotherapeutic outcome prediction Sunday April 15: Refresher Course: Introduction to Bioheat Transfer and Thermotherapeutic Outcome Prediction - 7:30 - 8:15 am
Feng, Yusheng University of Texas, USA Numerical simulation of bioheat transfer in liver with explicit perfusion using continuous mixture theory Sunday April 15: Laser Induced Thermal Ablation - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Fisher, Daniel Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA Thermal activation of IL-6 trans-signaling licenses mouse and human tumor microvascular gateways for trafficking of cytotoxic T cells Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Fuentes, David M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA Kalman filtered temperature imaging for monitoring MRgLITT procedures Sunday April 15: Laser Induced Thermal Ablation - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Giustini, Andrew Dartmouth Medical School, USA The effects of radiation and nanoparticle surface coating on tumor biodistribution and cellular uptake Saturday April 14: Nanomedicine: The new big thing in thermal therapy? - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Graner, Michael University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, USA Chaperone-rich cell lysate (crcl) anti-cancer vaccine update: trials, trilobites, and triangulations Sunday April 15: Immune Regulation by HSPs and Thermal Stress - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Griffin, PhD, Robert J. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Vascular function and tumor microenvironment influence on thermal medicine Monday April 16: Refresher Course: Vascular Function and Tumor Microenvironment Influence on Thermal Medicine - 7:30 - 8:15 am
Griffin, Robert J. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Physiological factors in optimizing thermal ablation with radiation therapy Monday April 16: Biological Realities and Combined Regimen Rationales from Hyperthermia to Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Haemmerich, Dieter Med. Univ. of South Carolina, USA Drug transport kinetics of intravascular triggered temperature-sensitive liposomes Monday April 16: Nanoparticles and Other New Directions in Thermal Therapy - 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Hananel, Ari Focused Ultrasound Foundation, USA Focused ultrasound - adoption and development landscape Sunday April 15: Advances in HIFU and Thermal Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Hedayati, Mohammad Johns Hopkins University, USA Intracellular nanoparticle hyperthermia: Is it possible to treat a single cancer cell? Sunday April 15: Biological and Stress Responses to Thermal Therapy - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Hooper, Philip University of Colorado Denver, USA Restoring metabolic homeostasis in type 2 diabetes with hyperthermia or hyperthermic mimetics Sunday April 15: Biological and Stress Responses to Thermal Therapy - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Hoopes, P. Jack Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering,, USA The relationship of magnetic nanoparticle biodistribution and imaging with hyperthermia-based cancer treatment efficacy Saturday April 14: Nanomedicine: The new big thing in thermal therapy? - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Hsu, I-Chow University of California San Francisco, USA Pilot study of catheter-based ultrasound hyperthermia in conjunction with hdr brachytherapy for treatment of locally advanced or recurrent cancer of the prostate and cervix Sunday April 15: Clinical Trials Update - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Huang, Huang-Wen Tamking University, Taiwan Influence of blood vessel and perfusion on the thermal lesion formation during radio frequency ablation for liver tumors Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Hurwitz, Mark Dana-Farber/Brigham & Women's Cancer Center, USA Clinical trial funding: issues and opportunites Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Issels, Rolf D. Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Grosshadern, Ludwig- Maximilians University, Germany Proteins and cholesterol lipid vesicles are mediators of drug release from thermosensitive liposomes Monday April 16: Nanoparticles and Other New Directions in Thermal Therapy - 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Update on clinical thermochemotherapy - clinical results and new aspects Saturday April 14: Presidential Symposium: What's on the Horizon for Thermal Medicine - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Ivkov, Robert Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA Devices for generating uniform alternating magnetic fields for non-invasive cancer therapy Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia: Magnetic requirements for non-invasive cancer therapy Saturday April 14: Nanomedicine: The new big thing in thermal therapy? - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Preliminary assessment of murine hepatic and splenic injury from inadvertent heating of systemically delivered non-targeted magnetic nanoparticles Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Jacques, PhD, Steven Oregon Health & Science University, USA The use of biomedical optics and medical lasers as it relates to the treatment of cancer and cancer biology Monday April 16: Keynote Address by Steven Jacques, PhD: The Use of Biomedical Optics and Medical Lasers as it Relates to the Treatment of Cancer and Cancer Biology - 9:30 - 10:15 am
Kampmann, Eric Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III der LMU München, Germany Trabectedin and heat-shock in human sarcoma cells in vitro Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Kaur, Punit Scott & White Hospital and Texas A&M Health Science Center, USA Immunomolecular characteristics of triple-negative breast cancer stem cells: role of Hsp72-containing exosomes Sunday April 15: Control of Inflammation and Immunity by Mediators of Thermal Stress - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Kokolus, Kathleen Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA An unexpected linkage between the energy used for body temperature regulation and energy available for activation of the CD8⁺T cell-dependent control of tumor growth Monday April 16: Presentations from New Investigator Travel Award Recipients - 8:30 - 9:30 am
Kolff, Merel Willemijn Academical Medical Centre Amsterdam, The Netherlands A randomized phase II study of reirradiation and hyperthermia versus reirradiation and hyperthermia plus chemotherapy for locally recurrent breast cancer in previously irradiated area Sunday April 15: Clinical Trials Update - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Koonce, Nathan University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Gold nanoparticle-bound TNF to augment delivery of themosensitive liposomes for multi-modality therapy Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Kopechek, Jonathan Boston University, USA Enhanced heating and lesion formation using phase-shift nanoemulsions vaporized by high intensity focused ultrasound Monday April 16: Nanotechnology and Thermal Medicine - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Landon, Chelsea Duke University, USA A role for ctr1 in the synergistic interaction between mild hyperthermia and cisplatin treatment Monday April 16: Presentations from New Investigator Travel Award Recipients - 8:30 - 9:30 am
Lechner, Katharina University of Munich, Medical Clinic III, Germany Deep regional hyperthermia combined with gemcitabine (G) and cisplatin (CIS) in pancreatic cancer Sunday April 15: Clinical Trials Update - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Lee, Hyemi Inha University, Republic of Korea The anti-cancer effect of metformin is enhanced by hyperthermia Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Leeper, Dennis Thomas Jefferson University, USA Selective intracellular acidification of human melanoma by lonidamine, A ³¹P MRS study Sunday April 15: Revisiting Radio/Chemo Sensitization - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Levi-Polyachenko, Nicole Wake Forest University Health Sciences, USA Comparison of electrically conductive polymer nanotubes to single-wall nanotubes for photothermal ablation of bacteria Monday April 16: Nanotechnology and Thermal Medicine - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Li, Li Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands Launching the thermosensitive chemo bombs for advanced drug delivery to solid tumors Monday April 16: Presentations from New Investigator Travel Award Recipients - 8:30 - 9:30 am
Lupold, Shawn Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA Differential cellular responses to sub-lethal hyperthermia: comparing magnetic nanoparticle with water-bath heating Saturday April 14: Nanomedicine: The new big thing in thermal therapy? - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Manstein, Dieter , Cryolipolyis - A Novel Method of Non-Invasive Fat Removal by Controlled Cold Application Monday April 16: Nanoparticles and Other New Directions in Thermal Therapy - 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Overview of Recently FDA-Approved Devices in Aesthetic Dermatology Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Mikucki, Maryann Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA Obligate role of CXCR3 chemokine receptor for trafficking of tumor-specific T cells during systemic thermal therapy Sunday April 15: Control of Inflammation and Immunity by Mediators of Thermal Stress - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Mukherjee, Amarnath Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA Development of targeted iron oxide nanoparticles for Prostate Cancer Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Myerson, Robert Washington University School of Medicine, USA Simultaneous administration of ultrasound hyperthermia and intensity modulated radiotherapy: technical feasibility Saturday April 14: Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Orsi, MD, Franco European Institute of Oncology, Italy The growth and development of HIFU Saturday April 14: Keynote Address by Franco Orsi, MD: The Growth and Development of HIFU - 8:30 - 9:15 am
Patel, Nitesh UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA The utility of OsiriX imaging software v. 3.9.4 for intracranial tumor volume estimation in the context of MRI guided Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy (LITT) Sunday April 15: Laser Induced Thermal Ablation - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Paulides, Margarethus Erasmus MC - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, The Netherlands Complaint-adaptive steering in head and neck hyperthermia: implementation and early analysis of clinical benefit Saturday April 14: Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Pearce, John University of Texas at Austin, USA Review of mathematical models for cell death and thermal damage processes Saturday April 14: Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Perera, Reshani Case Western Reserve University, USA Role of pluronic block copolymers in modulation of heat shock protein 70 expression Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Petryk, Alicia Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, USA Improved therapeutic ratio for hyperthermia chemotherapy cancer treatment Monday April 16: Nanotechnology and Thermal Medicine - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Prakash, Punit University of California, San Francisco, USA Investigation of interstitial and endogastric approaches for MR-guided thermal ablation of pancreatic tumors with high intensity ultrasound: a simulation study Sunday April 15: Advances in HIFU and Thermal Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Preusser, Tobias Fraunhofer MEVIS, Germany Software-assisted access path planning and optimization of image-guided radiofrequency ablation Saturday April 14: Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Prosnitz, Leonard Duke Universtoy, USA The future of clinical hyperthermia in the United States Saturday April 14: Presidential Symposium: What's on the Horizon for Thermal Medicine - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Przybyla, Beata D University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Concurrent thermal ablation and spatially fractionated radiotherapy for locally advanced breast cancer in rat model Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Rabin, DSc, Yoed Carnegie Mellon University, USA Computation tools in the service of cryosurgery Saturday April 14: Refresher Course: Computation Tools in the Service of Cryosurgery - 7:30 - 8:15 am
Ranjan, Ashish Center for Interventional Oncology, National Institute of Health, USA Thermal enhancement of docetaxel efficacy in a xenograft murine model of prostate cancer Sunday April 15: Revisiting Radio/Chemo Sensitization - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Renshaw, Gary Celsion Corporation, USA Lyso-thermosensitive liposomal doxorubicin: a nanodelivery adjuvant to increase the cure rate of thermal ablation in liver cancer Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Repasky, PhD, Elizabeth A. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA Understanding the immunological principles of new immunotherapies and the rationale for combining them with radiation and thermal therapies Sunday April 15: Refresher Course: Understanding the Immunological Principles of New Immunotherapies and the Rationale for Combining Them with Radiation and Thermal Therapies - 7:30 - 8:15 am
Rodrigues, Dario Duke University, USA A temperature optimization technique for localized heating in small animals Sunday April 15: Advances in Devices - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Rossmann, Christian MUSC, USA Patient-specific models for radiofrequency ablation Monday April 16: Biological Realities and Combined Regimen Rationales from Hyperthermia to Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Salahi, Sara Duke University, USA Wideband conformal metamaterial antenna for pediatric bladder hyperthermia Sunday April 15: Advances in Devices - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Salgaonkar, Vasant University of California, San Francisco, USA Targeted prostate hyperthermia with an MR–guided endorectal ultrasound phased array to facilitate thermally mediated drug delivery: a computational study to assess feasibility and energy delivery strategies Monday April 16: Biological Realities and Combined Regimen Rationales from Hyperthermia to Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Schwenke, Michael Fraunhofer MEVIS - Institute for Medical Image Computing, Germany Predictive HIFU simulations by model calibration to MR thermometry measurements Sunday April 15: Advances in HIFU and Thermal Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Scott, Serena University of California, San Francisco, USA Investigation of interstitial ultrasound for ablation of paraspinal and osteolytic spinal tumors Monday April 16: Presentations from New Investigator Travel Award Recipients - 8:30 - 9:30 am
Shafirstein, DSc, Gal University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Laser thermal therapy Monday April 16: Refresher Course: Laser Thermal Therapy - 7:30 - 8:15 am
Shafirstein, Gal Arkansas Children’s Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA Intravenous injection of indocyanine green to enhance laser assisted thermal coagulation of blood vessels in skin - an animal study Sunday April 15: Laser Induced Thermal Ablation - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Song, Chang W. University of Minnesota, USA Role of Akt/mTOR and AMPK/mTOR signaling in the response of cancer cells to hyperthermia and ionizing radiation Sunday April 15: Biological and Stress Responses to Thermal Therapy - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Stafford, PhD, R. Jason The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA Investigating nanoparticle mediated thermal therapy with MRI Saturday April 14: Refresher Course: Investigating Nanoparticle Mediated Thermal Therapy with MRI - 7:30 - 8:15 am
Stang, John University of Michigan, USA Transcutaneous microwave thermal therapy for breast cancer treatment using image based time-reversal focusing Sunday April 15: Advances in HIFU and Thermal Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Stauffer, Paul Duke University, USA Towards appropriate use of existing technology for clinical hyperthermia trials Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Stigliano, Robert Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, USA Novel determination of magnetic nanoparticle collective behavior for cancer therapy Saturday April 14: Poster Presentations and Reception - 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Predictive model for temperature distribution during magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia cancer treatment Monday April 16: Nanotechnology and Thermal Medicine - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Subjeck, PhD, John R. Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA The high molecular weight stress proteins: identification, cloning and utilization in cancer therapy Sunday April 15: J. Eugene Robinson Award & Lecture - 5:45 - 6:45 pm
Su, Lei Imperial College London, UK Probing RF tissue fusion induced thermal damage on porcine small bowel by optical fluorescence spectroscopy Sunday April 15: Advances in HIFU and Thermal Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Szasz, Oliver Department of Biotechnics, St.Istvan University, Hungary Oncothermia - new results form laboratory to clinics Sunday April 15: Advances in Devices - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
ten Hagen, Timo L.M. Erasmus MC, Surgical Oncology, The Netherlands Drug delivery to solid tumors through combination of hyperthermia and liposomal nanocarriers Saturday April 14: Nanomedicine: The new big thing in thermal therapy? - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Torres-Lugo, Madeline University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, Puerto Rico Synergistic potentiation of cisplatin with magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) in caco-2 cells Sunday April 15: Revisiting Radio/Chemo Sensitization - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Tulapurkar, Mohan E. University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA Toll-like receptor agonists augment febrile-range hyperthermia-induced heat shock protein 72 expression and extracellular release Sunday April 15: Control of Inflammation and Immunity by Mediators of Thermal Stress - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
van der Zee, Jacoba Erasmus MC - Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, The Netherlands What we learned from completed trials, and perspective on future clinical trials. Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
van Rhoon, Gerard Erasmus MC Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, The Netherlands Clinical benefit of on-line HTP guided hyperthermia using a complaint adaptive approach Saturday April 14: Thermal Dosimetry and Treatment Planning - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
van Tienhoven, Geertjan Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands Future strategies in clinical research on reirradiation and hyperthermia for locally recurrent breast cancer Saturday April 14: Assessing the Biological Goals, Capabilities, and Possibilities for Multi-Institutional Clinical Trials - 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Re-irradiation plus hyperthermia for breast cancer recurrence in previously irradiated area; the importance of size! Saturday April 14: Presidential Symposium: What's on the Horizon for Thermal Medicine - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Vardam, Trupti Roswell Park Cancer Institute, USA Immunoprotective role of an IL-6/sIL-6R/gp130/STAT3 signaling axis controlling lymphocyte trafficking during fever Monday April 16: Presentations from New Investigator Travel Award Recipients - 8:30 - 9:30 am
Venkatesan, Aradhana NIH Center for Interventional Oncology, USA Interventional thermoablative therapies for cancer-current clinical approach and future directions Sunday April 15: Advances in HIFU and Thermal Ablation - 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Wang, Xiang-Yang Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, USA Promoting immune recognition of cancer and therapeutic outcomes by targeting the innate immune receptor SRA/CD204 on dendritic cells Sunday April 15: Immune Regulation by HSPs and Thermal Stress - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Watson, Katherine University of California, Davis, USA Ultrasound enhancement of nanoparticle accumulation is dependent on tumor biology Saturday April 14: Nanomedicine: The new big thing in thermal therapy? - 10:45 - 12:15 pm
Weichselbaum, MD, Ralph University of Chicago Medical Center, USA Radiation and immunology: beneficial or dangerous liaisons? Sunday April 15: Keynote Address by Ralph Weichselbaum, MD: Radiation and Immunology: Beneficial or Dangerous Liaisons - 8:30 - 9:15 am
Wessalowski, Ruediger Clinic for Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Universitätsklinikum Duesseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany Hyper-PEI-protocol: a programme with regional deep hyperthermia (RHT) in combination with PEI-chemotherapy - final report Saturday April 14: Presidential Symposium: What's on the Horizon for Thermal Medicine - 9:30 - 10:45 am
Wong, PhD, Rosemary National Cancer Institute, USA Update on the 2011/2012 NIH/NCI grant initiatives Sunday April 15: Rosemary Wong, PhD - Update on the 2011/2012 NIH/NCI Grant Initiatives - 5:00 - 5:30 pm
Yarmolenko, Pavel S. Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, USA Large volume, conformal hyperthermia with magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound Sunday April 15: Advances in Devices - 3:30 - 4:45 pm
Yatvin, Milton Oregon Health & Sciences University, USA The scientific rationale for the immunological enhancement and long-term remissions obtained in HIV patients exposed to heatheal a high-level whole body hyperthermia procedure Sunday April 15: Control of Inflammation and Immunity by Mediators of Thermal Stress - 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Yu, Jennifer Cleveland Clinic, USA Hyperthermia sensitizes glioblastoma stem cells to ionizing radiation Sunday April 15: Revisiting Radio/Chemo Sensitization - 2:00 - 3:30 pm