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Nature Reviews Cancer 5, 321-327 (April 2005) | doi:10.1038/nrc1591
Innovation: High-intensity focused ultrasound in the treatment of solid tumours
James E. Kennedy1 About the author
Abstract
Traditionally, surgery has been the only cure for many solid tumours. Technological advances have catalysed a shift from open surgery towards less invasive techniques. Laparoscopic surgery and minimally invasive techniques continue to evolve, but for decades high-intensity focused ultrasound has promised to deliver the ultimate objective — truly non-invasive tumour ablation. Only now, however, with recent improvements in imaging, has this objective finally emerged as a real clinical possibility.
Author affiliations
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James E. Kennedy is at the HIFU Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.
Email: jekennedy@doctors.org.uk
Published online 18 March 2005
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