International School of Bioelectromagnetism “Alessandro Chiabrera”
IX Course – Possible biomedical applications of EMFs to cancer: from Biology and in silico to clinical perspectives
(Erice, March 24 – 30, 2019)
PROGRAM
March 24 – Sunday
Arrival and accommodation
March 25 – Monday
10.00 – 10.30 – Introduction to the Course by the Directors
PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF EMF
10.30 – 11.30 – EMF spectrum and general properties– Ferdinando Bersani (Italy)
11.30 – 12.30 – ELF generation and dosimetry – Stefania Romeo (Italy)
12.30 – 14.30 – Lunch
14.30 – 15.30 – RF generation and dosimetry – Rita Massa (Italy)
15.30 – 17.00 – Thermal and non-thermal effects of ELF and RF – Stefania Romeo (Italy)
Coffee break – 17.00 -17.30
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EMF IN RELATION TO CANCER
17.30 – 18.30 – Introduction to biology of cancer – Maja Cemazar (Slovenia)
Biological effects in vitro
18.30 – 19.30 – Static and ELF fields – Mats Olof Mattsson (Sweden)
March 26 – Tuesday
Biological effects in vitro (cont.)
8.30 – 9.30 – High frequency EMF – Maria Rosaria Scarfì (Italy)
Biological effects in vivo
9.30 -10.30 – Static and ELF fields – Isabelle Lagroye (France)
Coffee break 10.30 -11.00
11.00 -12.00 – High frequency EMF – Isabelle Lagroye (France)
12.00 -13.00 – What is learnt from epidemiology- Anke Huss (the Netherlands)
Lunch 13.00 – 15.00
Seminar
15.00 – 16.00 – Dielectric properties of healthy and cancerous tissues – Charles V. Sammut (Malta)
Methodological problems in Bioelectromagnetics
16.00 – 17.00 – General criteria for a good experimental practice in Bioelectromagnetics – biology– Maria Rosaria Scarfì (Italy)
Coffee break 17.00 – 17.30
17.30 – 18.30 – General criteria for a good experimental practice in Bioelectromagnetics –electromagnetic – Rita Massa (Italy)
March 27 – Wednesday
EMFs IN DIAGNOSIS
8.30 – 10.30 – Microwave imaging and its application in cancer diagnosis – Emily Porter (Ireland)
Coffee break 10.30 -11.00
11.00 – 12.00 – Imaging with Terahertz and MMW – Mostafa Shalaby (Switzerland)
Seminar
12.00 – 13.00 – COST Action “MyWave” Emily Porter (Ireland)
Lunch 13.00 – 15.00
THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS: RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES
Thermal effects: therapeutic perspectives
15.00 – 16.00 – Hyperthermia – Gerard van Rhoon (The Netherlands)
16.00 – 17.00 – Thermal ablation – Luigi Solbiati (Italy)
17.00 – 18.30 – Coffee break and Poster session
March 28 – Thursday
THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS: RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES (Cont.)
Electroporation and electrochemotherapy
8.30 – 9.30 – Preclinical and clinical aspects of electrochemotherapy – Gregor Sersa (Slovenia)
9.30 – 10.30 – Immunological principles of combined treatment with electrochemotherapy – Emanuela Signori (Italy)
Coffee break 10.30 – 11.00
11.00 – 12.00 – New clinical developments in electrochemotherapy – July Gehl (Denmark)
12.00 – 14.00 – Lunch
IN SILICO MODELING
Modeling and treatment planning for therapies of cancer
14.00 – 15.00 – Hyperthermia – Theodoros Samaras (Greece)
15.00 – 16.00 – Ablative techniques – Theodoros Samaras (Greece)
16.00 – 17.00 – Modelling and treatment planning for Electrochemotherapy – Bor Kos (Slovenia)
Coffee break 17.00 – 17.30
Seminar
17.30 – 18.30 – Non-thermal EMF therapies of cancer – high frequencies – Antonio Sarolic (Croatia)
Social dinner
March 29 – Friday
Touristic tour
March 30 – Saturday
RECENT PERSPECTIVES OF PMF IN RELATION TO CANCER THERAPY
8.30 – 9.30 – PEMF and cancer cells: in vitro effects – Ruggero Cadossi (Italy)
9.30 – 10.30 – The long road to validate PEMF use in cancer patients – Ruggero Cadossi (Italy)
Coffee break 10.30 – 11.00
Seminar
11.00 – 12.00 – Devices on the market: a critical overview – Ferdinando Bersani (Italy)
Round table on future perspectives in diagnosis and therapy
Conclusions-END (Saturday, about 13.30)
