Treating Cancer with Strong Magnetic Fields and Ultrasound

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel cancer treatment method combining strong magnetic fields with ultrasound to induce electric fields that disrupt cancer cell replication, offering a potentially effective and focusable therapy.

Contribution

It introduces a new approach using magnetic fields and ultrasound to generate electric fields in tissue, aiming for targeted cancer cell disruption.

Findings

Potential for complete tumor eradication

Focused ultrasound allows precise targeting

Electric fields disrupt cancer cell replication

Abstract

It is proposed to treat cancer by the combination of a strong magnetic field with intense ultrasound. At the low electrical conductivity of tissue the magnetic field is not frozen into the tissue, and oscillates against the tissue which is brought into rapid oscillation by the ultrasound. As a result, a rapidly oscillating electric field is induced in the tissue, strong enough to disrupt cancer cell replication. Unlike radio frequency waves, which have been proposed for this purpose, ultrasound can be easily focused onto the regions to be treated. This method has the potential for the complete eradication of the tumor.