Breast Cancer

UC Davis researchers use heated nanoprobes to destroy breast cancer cells in mice

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 20th, 2007

In experiments with laboratory mice that bear aggressive human breast cancers, UC Davis researchers have used hot nanoprobes to slow the growth of tumors -- without damage to surrounding healthy tissue. The researchers describe their work in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

"We have demonstrated that the system is feasible in laboratory mice. The next step will be clinical testing in patients," said Sally DeNardo, a professor of internal medicine and radiology at UC Davis and lead author of the study.

Many researchers have studied heat as a potential treatment for cancer, but the difficulty of confining heat within the tumor and predicting an...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-03-20)

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