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| Category |
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
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Topic Highlights |
| Article Title |
High intensity focused ultrasound: A noninvasive therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Feng Wu |
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| Corresponding Author |
Feng Wu, MD, PhD, HIFU Unit, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LJ, United Kingdom. feng.wu@nds.ox.ac.uk |
| Key Words |
Pancreatic cancer; High intensity focused ultrasound; Focused ultrasound surgery; Thermal ablation; Hyperthermia; Therapeutic ultrasound |
| Core Tip |
Prognosis in unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer is extremely poor. Standard treatments are currently limited to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or a combination of the two. Though few regimens may offer a limited survival benefit, novel treatment strategies are urgently needed. As a noninvasive approach, high intensity focused ultrasound therapy can selectively ablate a targeted lesion of the pancreas. Preliminary studies indicate that this approach is safe and feasible, and can be used alone or in combination with chemotherapy. It can effectively alleviate cancer-related abdominal pain, and may confer an additional survival benefit with few significant complications. |
| Publish Date |
2014-12-02 10:46 |
| Citation |
Wu F. High intensity focused ultrasound: A noninvasive therapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(44): 16480-16488 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i44/16480.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i44.16480 |
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