A meta-analysis evaluating the role of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as a fourth treatment modality for patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria P. Fergadi ◽  
Dimitrios E. Magouliotis ◽  
Christos Rountas ◽  
Marianna Vlychou ◽  
Thanos Athanasiou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Treatment Modality ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Locally Advanced ◽  
Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

The value of dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) in monitoring treatment effect of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC)

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Zuo Dan ◽  
Feng Yi ◽  
Zhang Qi ◽  
Qiu Yi-Jie ◽  
Tian Xiao-Fan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Locally Advanced ◽  
Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ◽  
Hifu Treatment ◽  
Dynamic Contrast Enhanced ◽  
Contrast Enhanced

PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility of dynamic contrast enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) in predicting treatment response of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this prospective study, 10 patients with pathologically confirmed LAPC lesions (7 men, 3 women; average age, 61.13±5.80 years) were prospectively enrolled. All patients received HIFU treatment with peak intensity at 12000 W/cm2. Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) was performed with an ACUSON Oxana 2 ultrasound equipment and a 6 C-1 transducer (1–6 Hz). A dose of 2.4 ml SonoVue was injected for each examination. Time intensity curves (TICs) were generated and quantitative analyses were performed by SonoLiver software. B mode ultrasound (BMUS) features, CEUS enhancement patterns, TICs, CEUS quantitative parameters and serum carcinoma antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) levels were compared before and 4 weeks after HIFU treatment. Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS Version 20.0 and GraphPad Prism 5. RESULTS: While comparing before and after HIFU, no significant difference was obtained on mean size of lesion, BMUS or CEUS features. After HIFU treatment, TICs showed decreased and delayed enhancement. Among all CEUS quantitative parameters, significant decrease could be found in maximum intensity (MI) (60.66±23.95% vs 41.31±26.74%) and mean transit time (mTT) (76.66±47.61 s vs 38.42±28.35 s). CA19-9 level decreased significantly after HIFU (2747.92±4237.41 U/ml vs 715.08±1773.90 U/ml) (P = 0.05). CONCLUSION: DCE-US combining with quantitative analysis might be a useful imaging method for early treatment response evaluation of HIFU in LAPC lesions.

scholarly journals High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufeng Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Karnofsky Performance Scale ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Hifu Treatment ◽  
Performance Scale

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.

scholarly journals Non invasive palliation for advanced pancreatic cancer using high intensity focused ultrasound

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. A2
Author(s):  
Michele Rossi ◽  
Riccardo Naspetti ◽  
Ernesto Mazza ◽  
Paolo Boninsegni
Keyword(s):  
Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Advanced Pancreatic Cancer ◽  
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound ◽  
Non Invasive
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