Tumour Absorbing Heat (IMAGE)

Royal Astronomical Society

Tumour Absorbing Heat

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Simulations of near-infrared light (NIR) penetrating into skin tissue show that after 1 second of irradiation, a tumour (embedded 9 mm into skin tissue) infused with NIR absorbing gold nanoparticles, heats up by about 3 degrees Celsius, while after 10 minutes it has heated up by over 20 degrees Celsius. This is enough of a thermal dose to kill cancer cells.

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Charlie Jeynes

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