| Category |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
| Manuscript Type |
Clinical Trials Study |
| Article Title |
Safety trial of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for pancreatic cancer
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Atsushi Sofuni, Fuminori Moriyasu, Takatomo Sano, Fumihide Itokawa, Takayoshi Tsuchiya, Toshio Kurihara, Kentaro Ishii, Syujiro Tsuji, Nobuhito Ikeuchi, Reina Tanaka, Junko Umeda, Ryosuke Tonozuka, Mitsuyoshi Honjo, Shuntaro Mukai, Mitsuru Fujita and Takao Itoi |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
| Funding Agency |
Grant Number |
| cancer research project group of Tokyo Medical University |
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| Corresponding Author |
Atsushi Sofuni, MD, PhD, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan. a-sofuni@amy.hi-ho.ne.jp |
| Key Words |
High-intensity focused ultrasound; Pancreatic cancer; Safety trial; Tumor ablation; Ultrasonography |
| Core Tip |
The results of chemotherapy and chemoradiotherapy for unresectable pancreatic cancer (PC) have not been satisfactory. Therefore, new advances in therapy are expected. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), which uses focused ultrasound energy for therapeutic methods such as tissue ablation from an external body, is a new ultrasound technology. HIFU therapy is a new technology therapy for PC. The HIFU device used in this study was the FEP-BY02 (Yuande Bio-Medical Engineering, Beijing, China), which is designed to reduce adverse events. According to the current safety trial, HIFU therapy is non-invasive and promising for clinical effectiveness. HIFU therapy has the potential to be a new method of combination therapy for PC. |
| Publish Date |
2014-07-26 13:36 |
| Citation |
Sofuni A, Moriyasu F, Sano T, Itokawa F, Tsuchiya T, Kurihara T, Ishii K, Tsuji S, Ikeuchi N, Tanaka R, Umeda J, Tonozuka R, Honjo M, Mukai S, Fujita M, Itoi T. Safety trial of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for pancreatic cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20(28): 9570-9577 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v20/i28/9570.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i28.9570 |
