Towards breast cancer treatment by magnetic heating

Recent studies encourage the application of minimal-invasive techniques for the treatment of breast cancer. Therefore, two different approaches related to the use of magnetic heating (hyperthermia and thermoablation) are proposed. Hereby, the tumour is loaded with a magnetic material (iron oxide) and exposed to an alternating magnetic field in order to generate heating. Different therapeutic conditions will be discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.