ReviewEuropean radiology2008
Image-guided focused ultrasound ablation of breast cancer: current status, challenges, and future directions.
Review in European radiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05071105 (Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy in Elderly Women With Early Breast Cancer Unsuitable for Surgery and Elected to Receive Primary Endocrine Therapy Alone), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiotherapy in Elderly Women With Early Breast Cancer Unsuitable for Surgery and Elected to Receive Primary Endocrine Therapy Alone
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.
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- [Use of imaging methods in the current screening, diagnostics and treatment of breast cancer - Professional guidelines. 5th Breast Cancer Consensus Meeting (2025)].Magyar onkologia · 2025Article
- Analysis of tumor treatment under interventional ultrasound through structural and temporal dynamics: a bibliometric visualization.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- MR Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Breast Tumors.Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America · 2024Review
- The Role of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound in the Treatment of Fibroadenomas: A Systematic Review.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Light-initiated aggregation of gold nanoparticles for synergistic chemo-photothermal tumor therapy.Nanoscale advances · 2023Article
- Non-Surgical Definitive Treatment for Operable Breast Cancer: Current Status and Future Prospects.Cancers · 2023Review
- Definitive radiotherapy with stereotactic or IMRT boost with or without radiosensitization strategy for operable breast cancer patients who refuse surgery.Journal of radiation research · 2022Article
- Nano-Based Theranostic Platforms for Breast Cancer: A Review of Latest Advancements.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Use of Diagnostic Imaging Modalities in Modern Screening, Diagnostics and Management of Breast Tumours 1st Central-Eastern European Professional Consensus Statement on Breast Cancer.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2022Review
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- A Breast-Specific MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Platform and Treatment Protocol: First-in-Human Technical Evaluation.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2021Article
- Focused ultrasound ablation of a large canine oral tumor achieves efficient tumor remission: a case report.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2021Article
- The effect of injected dose on localized tumor accumulation and cardiac uptake of doxorubicin in a Vx2 rabbit tumor model using MR-HIFU mild hyperthermia and thermosensitive liposomes.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2020Article
- Engineering temperature-sensitive plateletsomes as a tailored chemotherapy platform in combination with HIFU ablation for cancer treatment.Theranostics · 2019Article
- Exogenous Physical Irradiation on Titania Semiconductors: Materials Chemistry and Tumor-Specific Nanomedicine.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2018Review
- High sensitivity MR acoustic radiation force imaging using transition band balanced steady-state free precession.Magnetic resonance in medicine · 2018Article
- Definitive Radiotherapy With SBRT or IMRT Boost for Breast Cancer: Excellent Local Control and Cosmetic Outcome.Technology in cancer research & treatment · 2018Article
- Effects of breast structure on high-intensity focused ultrasound focal error.Journal of therapeutic ultrasound · 2018Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Image-guided focussed ultrasound (FUS) ablation is a non-invasive procedure that has been used for treatment of benign or malignant breast tumours. Image-guidance during ablation is achieved either by using real-time ultrasound (US) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The past decade phase I studies have proven MRI-guided and US-guided FUS ablation of breast cancer to be technically feasible and safe. We provide an overview of studies assessing the efficacy of FUS for breast tumour ablation as measured by percentages of complete tumour necrosis. Successful ablation ranged from 20% to 100%, depending on FUS system type, imaging technique, ablation protocol, and patient selection. Specific issues related to FUS ablation of breast cancer, such as increased treatment time for larger tumours, size of ablation margins, methods used for margin assessment and residual tumour detection after FUS ablation, and impact of FUS ablation on sentinel node procedure are presented. Finally, potential future applications of FUS for breast cancer treatment such as FUS-induced anti-tumour immune response, FUS-mediated gene transfer, and enhanced drug delivery are discussed. Currently, breast-conserving surgery remains the gold standard for breast cancer treatment.
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