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 ...

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

Hyperthermia, a cancer treatment using controlled heat to kill tumor cells, shows promise but faces limitations due to some ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hyperthermia. Nanoparticle-based hyperthermia is a method in which nanoparticles are locally or systemically administered and then stimulated by an external energy source to generate heat, which ...

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 ...