OUR GOALS
Addressing the cancer burden in LMICs: the potential of modulated electro-hyperthermia
Frontiers in Oncology. 2025; 16;15:1590920. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1590920
3 modulated electro-hyperthermia units in public hospitals in 3 different provinces Dedicated to treating cervical cancer
- 1 unit can treat around 180 patients a year
- 3 units can teat around 540 patients
- Increasing survival rates from 14% to 32%
= 100 lives SAVED every year
3 modulated electro-hyperthermia units in 3 academic hospitals dedicated to grant
funded research and clinical trials, enabling the expansion of indications to other
tumour types:
- Terminal brain tumours in children
- Terminal brain tumours in adults
- Expanded indications in women
The Foundation aims to raise these funds through blended models including
corporate donations, philanthropic donations, grants, and fund raising.
Additionally, the Foundation supports further clinical research to expand the
indications, increasing the number of tumour types eligible for treatment with mEHT.
Via the staffing of the devices and training of existing staff, the Foundation aims to upskill medical personal and create jobs.
The Foundation also supports the post-graduate radiobiology laboratory at the University of the Witwatersrand, which is involved in the training of scarce skills such as radiobiology, and additional post-graduate studies in the field of medical sciences, with a focus on women and disadvantaged populations.
IMPACT
Recurrence reduction frees capacity for additional treatment of new patients, with cost saving to the department of health over three years.
Clinical research generating global evidence and positioning South Africa as a global leader in oncologic hyperthermia research.
Research enables the support of post graduate training, knowledge and skills transfer, particularly More women survive.
More families remain stable.
More women return to their work and community roles
Health systems save money.to women and previously disadvantaged populations.
