title: Magnetic nanoparticles for local drug delivery using magnetic implants.
abstract: This chapter is a brief description of the state of the art of the field of targeted drug delivery using magnetic implants. It describes the advantages and drawbacks of the use of internal magnets to concentrate magnetic nanoparticles near tumor locations, and the different approaches to this task performed in vitro and in vivo reviewed in literature are presented.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Nanociencia de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza-CSIC, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernández-Pacheco
authors.forename: J Gabriel
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Valdivia
authors.forename: M Ricardo
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ibarra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D004343:Drug Implants; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism; D008280:Magnetics; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D004343:Drug Implants