In high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy, an ultrasound beam is focused within
the body to locally affect the targeted site without damaging intervening tissues. The most …

The number of patients with bone metastasis increases as medical management and
surgery improve the overall survival of patients with cancer. Bone metastasis can cause …

In recent years, the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for
Adult Cancer Pain have undergone substantial revisions focusing on the appropriate and …

Background Pain due to bone metastases is a common cause of cancer-related morbidity,
with few options available for patients refractory to medical therapies and who do not …

Background Extracorporeal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a promising method
for the noninvasive thermal ablation of benign and malignant tissue. Current HIFU …

Chronic pain is one of the leading causes of disability and disease burden worldwide,
accounting for a prevalence between 6.9% and 10% in the general population …

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a minimally-invasive and non-ionizing promising
technology and has been assessed for its role in the treatment of not only primary tumors but …

Interventional Radiology (IR) has experienced an exponential growth in recent years.
Technological advances of the last decades have made it possible to use new treatments on …

Magnetic resonance guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) is a versatile
technology platform for noninvasive thermal therapies in oncology. Since MR-HIFU allows …

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a noninvasive procedure that has shown
promising results in a wide range of malignant and nonmalignant conditions, including …