Thermomagnetic surgery for cancer |
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Authors: | Robert W Rand Harold D Snow David G Elliott Melvin Snyder |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024 Los Angeles, California |
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Abstract: | Thermomagnetic Surgery is a unique technique that takes advantage of the phenomenon of hysteresis heating of a ferromagnetic
material to produce intense but controlled temperatures within solid organs or tumors to cause coagulation necrosis. By controlling
the power of the electromagnetic coil system, the degree of heating of the tumor can be controlled through temperature monitoring
that allows limitation of the area of destruction to the disease process and avoids damage to surrounding structures. If the
ferromagnetic material is delivered by the arterial route to the tumor or organ, there is an additional beneficial effect
of ischemic necrosis of the tissue and in time more concentration of the ferromagnetic particles. This new technique is applicable
to selected cases of human cancer because no ill effect has been shown to exposure of the electromagnetic field or the ferromagnetic
material in experimental animals. |
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Keywords: | Thermomagnetic surgery in cancer hysteresis heating in cancer surgery hyperthermia in cancer surgery cancer thermomagnetic surgery in embolization in thermomagnetic surgery |
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