High-intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of solid tumours.
Traditionally, surgery has been the only cure for many solid tumours. Technological advances have catalysed a shift from open surgery towards less invasive techniques. Laparoscopic surgery and minimally invasive techniques continue to evolve, but for decades high-intensity focused ultrasound has promised to deliver the ultimate objective - truly non-invasive tumour ablation. Only now, however, with recent improvements in imaging, has this objective finally emerged as a real clinical possibility.
Kennedy
James E
JE
HIFU Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK. jekennedy@doctors.org.uk
D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D014464:Ultrasonic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods