Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 459-460, December 2000

Blood-specific whole-body electromagnetic hyperthermia

  • M. Babincová

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Bratislava, Slovakia
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  • P. Sourivong

      Affiliations

    • Physics Department, University of North Dakota, Grand Fork, North Dakota, USA
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  • D. Leszczynska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Civil Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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  • P. Babinec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics and Chemical Physics, Comenius University, MFF UK, Bratislava, Slovakia

Received 21 June 1999; accepted 22 November 1999.

Abstract 

On the basis of the physical properties of magnetic fluids a new technique of whole-body hyperthermia is proposed. Subdomain dextran stabilized magnetite particles injected into the blood-stream can be efficiently heated using an external high-frequency magnetic field, which allows rapid and controllable delivery of heat to the patient’s blood, which may be useful for the treatment of cancer and AIDS.

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PII: S0306-9877(00)91089-2

doi:10.1054/mehy.2000.1089

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 55, Issue 6 , Pages 459-460, December 2000

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