title: High-intensity focused ultrasound in breast pathology: non-invasive treatment of benign and malignant lesions.
abstract: Breast neoplasms are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in women. Even if surgery is the treatment of choice, other forms of less invasive radical treatment are desirable. High-intensity focused ultrasound is already established as a valid non-invasive technique that ensures tumor ablation in various organs. The use of ultrasound or magnetic resonance guidance allows having some advantages such as the capability to treat tumors in moving organs or the possibility to have a real-time monitoring of the temperature increase. The aim of this paper is to report the use of high-intensity focused ultrasound technique with ultrasound and magnetic resonance guidance for the ablation of breast tumors, including both benign and malignant lesions.
authors.affiliation: Center for Life Nano Science at Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena, 291-00161 Roma (RM), Italia.
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cavallo Marincola
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pediconi
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anzidei
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Miglio
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Mare
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Telesca
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Amati
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Napoli
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D057086:High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: breast diseases; fibroadenoma; high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation; invasive ductal carcinoma; magnetic resonance imaging