Invitation
Dear Colleagues,
It is my great honor to invite you to attend the joint conference of the 6th Asian Congress of Hyperthermic Oncology (ACHO) and the 31st Japanese Congress of Thermal Medicine (JCTM), which will be held in Fukui city, Japan on 4 -6 September, 2014.
A main theme of the conference is “Thermal Medicine: The key modality of cancer therapy”. By holding out this theme, I would like to show how hyperthermia is effective and plays an important role in cancer therapy now.
Hyperthermia is now one of the key modalities in the multi-modal treatments for cancer and is the latest evidence-based treatment option based on biology, medical engineering, basic and clinical medicines. Hyperthermia is not meant to be the modality next to surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy but is a standard adjunct modality to promote effect of these treatments by using concurrently with them.
However, the efficacy and needs of hyperthermia is not well known among physicians and other medical professionals yet. The general public is not familiar with hyperthermia treatment and it is often regarded as a kind of alternative medicine. .
As a medical oncologist who uses hyperthermia in clinical practice, I would like to contribute to the future development of this therapy by sharing our experiences with colleagues on how hyperthermia is effective against cancer and how many patients have received it successfully.
We would like to organize the general meeting for medical professionals and the open lecture for general public in the joint conference.
The name of the venue, “AOSSA” comes from the Japanese word but a dialect of Fukui which mean “Let’s get together”. So, my fellow Colleagues, AOSSA in Fukui!!
All sessions will be held at AOSSA (Fukui, Japan)
http://www.aossa.jp/index.html
- Executive Office:
- Cancer care promotion center, Medical school hospital, University of Fukui
23 Matsuoka-Shimoaitsuki, Eiheiji-cho, Fukui 910-1193, Japan
Phone: +81-776-61-8857
Fax: +81-776-61-8196
E-mail: eternal@u-fukui.ac.jp
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Kanji Katayama
Director and Prof., Cancer Care Promotion Center, Medical School Hospital, University of Fukui.
