MRI scanners are widely used in hospitals around the world and are essential in the detection of diseases like cancer. However, they may soon be elevated from diagnostic equipment to a therapeutic platform, thanks to a group of researchers at University College London , who havethrough the brain to heat and destroy cancer cells.
If this technique translates to humans, it could help to combat difficult-to-reach brain tumors by establishing"proof-of-concept" for precise treatment of cancers like glioblastoma, the most common form of brain cancer, and prostate, which could benefit from less invasive therapies.
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