This funding effort is a collaboration between the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, the Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center, the University of Florida, Gainsville, and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus through the work of Dr. Anil K. Sood, Madeline Torres-Lugo, PhD, Eduardo J. Juan, PhD, Dr. Edna Mora, and Carlos Rinaldi, PhD. This collaborative effort pursues the in vivo understanding of magnetic fluid hyperthermia which is a critical step for the translation of this technology to the clinical setting.