Economic and Accessible Portable Homemade Magnetic Hyperthermia System: Influence of the Shape, Characteristics and Type of Nanoparticles in Its Effectiveness

• Published in: Materials Vol. 17; no. 10; p. 2279
• Main Authors: Castelo-Grande, Teresa, Augusto, Paulo A, Gomes, Lobinho, Lopes, Ana Rita Castro, Araújo, João Pedro, Barbosa, Domingos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.05.2024
• Subjects: Ablation; Anisotropy; Cancer; Cancer therapies; Care and treatment; Citric acid; Economic aspects; Energy; Fever; Health aspects; Heat; Heating; Hyperthermia; Magnetic fields; magnetic hyperthermia; magnetic nanoparticles; Magnetite; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Organic acids; Polyethylene glycol; R&D; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Research & development; SAR measurements; Success; Synthesis; Temperature; Tumors; Spain; magnetic nanoparticles; SAR measurements; magnetic hyperthermia

Currently, one of the main causes of death in the world is cancer; therefore, it is urgent to obtain a precocious diagnosis, as well as boost research and development of new potential treatments, which should be more efficient and much less invasive for the patient. Magnetic hyperthermia (MH) is an...