Simple models for the heating curve in magnetic hyperthermia experiments

► A theoretical model for the heating curve in magnetic hyperthermia is developed. ► The specific absorption rate enters as a simple forcing term, facilitating the use of different models to describe it. ► We analyze in detail heating curves for particle with Néel relaxation. ► It is shown that the appearance of an inflection point in the heating curve is a direct consequence of high anisotropy samples. ► A new method to extract the temperature dependence of the SAR from the heating curve is proposed.