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News & Publications

News & publications.

Company milestones, the meetings where our team is presenting, and the peer-reviewed evidence base behind the platform. Our next stop is ASTRO 2026, in Boston, minutes from our Cambridge headquarters.

At the meeting

Five days at the center of radiation oncology.

2,500+
abstracts presented
the latest in radiation oncology, clinical trials and patient care
3 days
of exhibits
open daily, Sunday Sep 27 through Tuesday Sep 29
AI
Physics Workshop
insights on AI, adaptive therapies and re-irradiation
Keynotes
& Presidential Symposium
education and scientific programs with late-breaking sessions

Program details are drawn from ASTRO's published 2026 Annual Meeting information and are subject to change. Full schedule, registration and housing are available on the official ASTRO Annual Meeting portal.

Publications

The evidence base behind the platform.

A selection of peer-reviewed literature and most recent conference abstracts underpinning heat-activated precision oncology, from the mechanism of action to the randomized clinical evidence. It includes landmark Phase III trials co-authored by our scientific co-founder, Prof. Lars H. Lindner.

130+peer-reviewed publications across the founding team in hyperthermia, sarcoma and oncology

Sensitize · oxygenation, hypoxia & DNA-repair inhibition

Activate · immunogenic cell death & immune priming

Clinical evidence · randomized & controlled trials

Phase III · co-founder authoredNeo-adjuvant chemotherapy alone or with regional hyperthermia for localised high-risk soft-tissue sarcoma: a randomised phase 3 multicentre studyIssels RD, Lindner LH, Verweij J, et al. · Lancet Oncology · 2010;11(6):561–570DOI › Phase III · co-founder authoredEffect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus regional hyperthermia on long-term outcomes in localized high-risk soft tissue sarcoma: EORTC 62961-ESHO 95 randomized clinical trialIssels RD, Lindner LH, Verweij J, et al. · JAMA Oncology · 2018;4(4):483–492DOI › Post-operative re-irradiation with hyperthermia in locoregional breast cancer recurrence: temperature mattersBakker A, Tello Valverde CP, van Tienhoven G, et al. · Radiotherapy and Oncology · 2022;167:149–157DOI › Locoregional control in recurrent breast cancer treated with postoperative reirradiation and hyperthermia (RADHY): a continuous thermal dose-effect relationshipTello Valverde CP, Bakker A, Kok HP, et al. · Int J Radiation Oncology Biology Physics · 2025DOI › Randomized trial of thermoradiotherapy in locally advanced tumorsFranckena M, Stalpers LJ, Koper PC, et al. · Int J Radiation Oncology Biology Physics · 2008;70(4):1176–1182DOI ›

Selected references underpinning the mechanism and clinical rationale of the Avenor platform. Full citations and DOIs link to the publisher of record. This list is illustrative of the evidence base and is not an exhaustive bibliography.

Company news

More announcements ahead as we open US entry.

For press inquiries, partnering conversations, or to arrange a meeting at ASTRO 2026, reach the Avenor team directly.

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