ReviewRadiology. Imaging cancer2024
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Tumor Ablation: A Review of Current Applications.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy and safety of low- and high-intensity focused ultrasound in glioblastoma: a systematic review of preclinical and clinical studies.British journal of cancer · 2026Pooled it
- Low-intensity focused ultrasound of the spine in the treatment of chronic pain and movement disorder: a scoping review.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Basis and prospects of radiotherapy combined with high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation (Review).Oncology letters · 2026Review
- Ultrasound Imaging: A Cornerstone of the Entire High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Tumor Treatment Continuum.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Tailored Nanogel Network Topology Enables Clinical Ultrasound-Induced Mechanochemical Activation for In Vivo Therapy.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026Article
- Immunoengineering External Field Responsive Biomaterials for Tissue Repair and Regeneration.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026Review
- Revelations of pancreatic cancer treated by high-intensity focused ultrasound.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Focused ultrasound as a therapeutic adjunct in pancreatic cancer: from thermal and mechanical effects to immune modulation.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2026Article
- Intranasal vs. Device-Assisted Drug Delivery: Advantages and Limitations for the Delivery of Biopharmaceuticals to the CNS.Pharmaceutics · 2026Review
- High-intensity focused ultrasound in the multimodal treatment of colorectal cancer liver metastases: A case report.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- Hollow-core polydopamine nanocarriers for ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery.Nanoscale horizons · 2026Article
- From Ablation to Neuromodulation Platform: The Evolving Role of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Functional Neurosurgery.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2026Review
- Synergistic immunomodulation: integrating physical ablation with immune checkpoint inhibitors for metastatic colorectal carcinoma.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Ultra-low-field MRI: a David versus Goliath challenge in modern imaging.La Radiologia medica · 2025Review
- VEGFR2 blockade converts thermally ablative focused ultrasound into a potent driver of T cell-dependent anti-tumor immunity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Biomedical Applications.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025Review
- The growing armamentarium of image-guided tumor ablation in interventional oncology.Radiology advances · 2025Review
- Genetically engineered bio-composite mediated dual-modality imaging-guided synergistic chemo-FUAS for tumor therapy.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- Genetically engineered bacteria-based nanocomposite synergistic HIFU for tumor therapy by changing the acoustic environment of tumor tissues.Cancer cell international · 2025Article
- Advancements in high-intensity focused ultrasound for urological tumor research and application.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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Abstract
The management of cancer with alternative approaches is a matter of clinical interest worldwide. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery is a noninvasive technique performed under US or MRI guidance. The most studied therapeutic uses of HIFU involve thermal tissue ablation, demonstrating both palliative and curative potential. However, concurrent mechanical bioeffects also provide opportunities in terms of augmented drug delivery and immunosensitization. The safety and efficacy of HIFU integration with current cancer treatment strategies are being actively investigated in managing primary and secondary tumors, including cancers of the breast, prostate, pancreas, liver, kidney, and bone. Current primary HIFU indications are pain palliation, complete ablation of localized earlystage tumors, or debulking of unresectable late-stage cancers. This review presents the latest HIFU applications, from investigational to clinically approved, in the field of tumor ablation.
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