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Therapeutic Ultrasound for Multimodal Cancer Treatment A Spotlight on Breast Cancer

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Zehra E.F. Demir *
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Natasha Sheybani
DOI:10.1146/annurev-bioeng-103023-111151delete
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Cancer remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide, and the demand for improved efficacy, precision, and safety of management options has never been greater. Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a rapidly emerging strategy for nonionizing, noninvasive intervention that holds promise for the multimodal treatment of solid cancers. Owing to its versatile array of bioeffects, this technology is now being evaluated across preclinical and clinical oncology trials for tumor ablation, therapeutic delivery, radiosensitization, sonodynamic therapy, and enhancement of tumor-specific immune responses. Given the breadth of this burgeoning domain, this review places a spotlight on recent advancements in breast cancer care to exemplify the multifaceted role of FUS technology for oncology indications-outlining physical principles of FUS-mediated thermal and mechanical bioeffects, giving an overview of results from recent preclinical and clinical studies investigating FUS with and without adjunct therapeutics in primary or disseminated breast cancer settings, and offering perspectives on the future of the field.
Keywords:
focused ultrasound
breast cancer
metastasis
cancer immunotherapy
image-guided therapy
HIFU
drug delivery

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Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering cover
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
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9.6
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Univ Virginia
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