UTA physicists first to demonstrate new potential cancer treatment using microwaves to target deeply situated tumors

Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have shown that using microwaves to activate photosensitive nanoparticles produces tissue-heating effects that ultimately lead to cell death within solid tumors. “Our new method using microwaves can propagate through all types of tissues and target deeply situated tumors,” said Wei Chen, UTA professor of physics and lead author of the study published this month in The Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology titled “A new modality of cancer treatment-nanoparticle mediated microwave induced photodynamic therapy.”