Ultrasound is emerging as an effective treatment for pancreatic cancer. HIFU uses focused heat to target and destroy cancer cells, and there is minimal harm to the body. We report on its potential.

(d) Endoscopic ultrasound image of the same patient shows the mass indenting the SMV. This tumor was successfully removed at surgery. (a) Axial pancreatic phase contrast enhanced multidetector ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the rarest cancers worldwide ... It can help identify tumours in the pancreas. Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS): This involves inserting a thin tube with an ultrasound ...

More and more people are being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This disease is insidious, often only making itself known in ...

And sonodynamic therapy had already succeeded in in vivo trials on mouse models of colon and pancreatic cancer. Muragaki began exploring high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), along with drugs ...

Combining targeted, focused ultrasound and immunotherapy drugs could work as a new treatment for pancreatic cancers, a new study has shown. A team led by scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research ...

The feasibility trial is designed to evaluate the safety of histotripsy, a novel non-invasive technology that destroys targeted tumor tissue using focused ultrasound, in up to 30 patients with ...

Pranith Perera, Director of endoscopic ultrasound at University Gastroenterology. "Pancreatic cancer is a really insidious, dangerous disease," said Dr. Rachel Beard, a specialist in pancreatic ...

Currently, patients undergoing surveillance for pancreatic cancer receive annual imaging of the pancreas with MRI and endoscopic ultrasound. The High Risk Pancreatic Cancer Clinic is currently ...

A week later, after an ultrasound and CT scans ... The charity Northern Ireland Pancreatic Cancer (NIPANC) has said only 1% of people are alive a decade after they are diagnosed.