TY - GEN AU - Bodis,Stephan AU - Ghadjar,Pirus AU - Van Rhoon,Gerard C. AU - Bodis,Stephan AU - Ghadjar,Pirus AU - Van Rhoon,Gerard C. TI - Oncologic Thermoradiotherapy: Need for Evidence, Harmonisation, and Innovation SN - books978-3-0365-4531-8 PY - 2022/// CY - Basel PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KW - Medicine KW - bicssc KW - Oncology KW - perfusion estimation KW - temperature monitoring KW - conductivity reconstruction KW - systems medicine KW - immune system in silico KW - perceptron KW - antigen pattern KW - danger signal KW - fractionation KW - immune response KW - head and neck cancer KW - hyperthermia KW - reirradiation KW - treatment outcome KW - hyperthermia treatment planning KW - adaptive planning KW - temperature optimization KW - low-middle-income group countries KW - cancer KW - radiotherapy KW - chemotherapy KW - recurrent breast cancers KW - cervical cancer KW - head and neck cancers KW - cost-effective KW - meta-analysis KW - intensity-modulated radiotherapy KW - prostate cancer KW - thermal dose KW - thermometric parameters KW - preclinical data KW - clinical evidence KW - modulated electro-hyperthermia KW - abscopal effect KW - locally advanced cervical cancer KW - resource-constrained setting KW - radiosensitiser KW - rectal cancer KW - chemoradiotherapy KW - tumour control KW - loco-regional hyperthermia KW - oncology KW - cellular selection KW - bioelectromagnetics KW - complexity KW - immune-effects KW - moderate hyperthermia KW - deep hyperthermia KW - radiative hyperthermia KW - patterns of care KW - reimbursement KW - regional hyperthermia KW - neoadjuvant chemoradiation KW - survival KW - induced KW - brachytherapy KW - prostatic neoplasms KW - interstitial hyperthermia KW - treatment plan optimization KW - prostate KW - thermoradiotherapy KW - linear quadratic model KW - biological modeling KW - thermal dosimetry KW - hypoxia KW - radiation therapy KW - reoxygenation KW - perfusion KW - oxygen consumption rate KW - local tumor control KW - biomarker KW - immune phenotype KW - hyperthermia treatment sequence KW - breast cancer KW - immune checkpoint molecules KW - dendritic cell activation KW - n/a N1 - Open Access N2 - The road of acceptance of oncologic thermotherapy/hyperthermia as a synergistic modality in combination with standard oncologic therapies is still bumpy. This is partially due to the lack of level I evidence from international, multicentric, randomized clinical trials including large patient numbers and a long term follow-up. Therefore we need more level I EVIDENCE from clinical trials, we need HARMONISATION and global acceptance for existing technologies and a common language understood by all stakeholders and we need INNOVATION in the fields of biology, clinics and technology to move thermotherapy/hyperthermia forward. This is the main focus of this reprint. In this reprintyou find carefully selected and peer-reviewed contributions from Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. The published papers from leading scientists from all over the world covering a broad range of timely research topics might also help to strengthen thermotherapy on a global level UR - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/5714 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/87516 ER -