High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

Author

Zhou, Yufeng

Source

Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Issue

Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2014-06-26

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Pancreatic cancer is under high mortality but has few effective treatment modalities.

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is becoming an emerging approach of noninvasively ablating solid tumor in clinics.

A variety of solid tumors have been tried on thousands of patients in the last fifteen years with great success.

The principle, mechanism, and clinical outcome of HIFU were introduced first.

All 3022 clinical cases of HIFU treatment for the advanced pancreatic cancer alone or in combination with chemotherapy or radiotherapy in 241 published papers were reviewed and summarized for its efficacy, pain relief, clinical benefit rate, survival, Karnofsky performance scale (KPS) score, changes in tumor size, occurrence of echogenicity, serum level, diagnostic assessment of outcome, and associated complications.

Immune response induced by HIFU ablation may become an effective way of cancer treatment.

Comments for a better outcome and current challenges of HIFU technology are also covered.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Zhou, Yufeng. 2014. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology Research and Practice،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454337

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Zhou, Yufeng. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology Research and Practice No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454337

American Medical Association (AMA)

Zhou, Yufeng. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer. Gastroenterology Research and Practice. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454337

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-454337