Preliminary experimental investigations on near field breast cancer thermotherapy

Abstract

A microstrip spiral antenna with sharpening and a bi-conical over sleeve antenna have been proposed for noninvasive superficial layer breast cancer and invasive breast cancer thermotherapies of deep-located breast tumors, respectively. Some measured results are obtained by comparing results of the microwave equivalent phantom model and the swine. A process for the breast cancer treatment is also proposed and some useful results are obtained, where temperature measurement and phantom model manufacture are established.