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ArticleScientific reports2022

Ultrasound waves in tumors via needle irradiation for precise medicine.

Antonello Cutolo, Angelo Rosario Carotenuto, Maria Alessandra Cutolo, Arsenio Cutolo, Martino Giaquinto, Stefania Palumbo, Andrea Cusano, Massimiliano Fraldi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonello CutoloDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli ″Federico II″, Napoli, Italy.
Angelo Rosario CarotenutoDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Napoli ″Federico II″, Napoli, Italy.
Maria Alessandra CutoloDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli ″Federico II″, Napoli, Italy.
Arsenio CutoloDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Napoli ″Federico II″, Napoli, Italy.
Martino GiaquintoOptoelectronics Group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.
Stefania PalumboDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Napoli ″Federico II″, Napoli, Italy.
Andrea CusanoOptoelectronics Group, Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy.
Massimiliano FraldiDepartment of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Napoli ″Federico II″, Napoli, Italy. fraldi@unina.it.
University of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Sannio · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grounded in the interdisciplinary crosstalk among physics and biological sciences, precision medicine-based diagnosis and treatment strategies have recently gained great attention for the actual applicability of new engineered approaches in many medical fields, particularly in oncology. Within this framework, the use of ultrasounds employed to attack cancer cells in tumors to induce possible mechanical damage at different scales has received growing attention from scholars and scientists worldwide. With these considerations in mind, on the basis of ad hoc elastodynamic solutions and numerical simulations, we propose a pilot study for in silico modeling of the propagation of ultrasound waves inside tissues, with the aim of selecting proper frequencies and powers to be irradiated locally through a new teragnostic platform based on Lab-on-Fiber technology, baptized as a hospital in the needle and already the object of a patent. It is felt that the outcomes and the related biophysical insights gained from the analyses could pave the way for envisaging new integrated diagnostic and therapeutic approaches that might play a central role in future applications of precise medicine, starting from the growing synergy among physics, engineering and biology.

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NeoplasmsPrecision MedicineHumansMedical OncologyPilot ProjectsUltrasonic Waves

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PMCPMC9021295
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