Table 1. Representative magnetic nanoparticles for magnetic nanoparticle-mediated hyperthermia. Name Core size Characteristics Ref. Magnetite A few μm The first demonstration using magnetic ...

Posted: Jan 23, 2007: Self-heating nanoparticles as tumor-destroying hyperthermia agents (Nanowerk Spotlight) Hyperthermia therapy, a form of cancer treatment with elevated temperature in the range of ...

Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells. The ...

Dartmouth researcher Jack Hoopes has demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia could be a possible treatment for breast cancer, as he presented in a new preclinical study at the ...

Magnetic nanoparticles have shown anticancer potential for years, the scientists say, but at present, magnetic hyperthermia can typically only be used for patients whose tumors are accessible by a ...

For example, current approaches to using nanoparticles for hyperthermia treatment are often only effective for tumors that are easy to reach (e.g., near the surface), which can be injected. Other ...

Since the time of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, cancer has been recognized as being sensitive to heat. Today, this ...

Magnetic nanoparticles have shown anticancer potential for years, the scientists say, but at present, magnetic hyperthermia can typically only be used for patients whose tumors are accessible by a ...

More information: David García-Soriano et al, Multicore iron oxide nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia and combination therapy against cancer cells, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science ...

Nanomedicine. 2014;9(11):1715-1726. Impaired tumor immune responses could be due to poorly immunogenic tumor cells with low concentrations of intracellular HSP–peptide complexes, insufficient ...