"In recent years, research on the usage of ultrasound for cancer
treatment has developed and while high intensity focused ultrasound
(HIFU, FUS) has already been clinically applied to several types of
cancers, it is not yet considered as an established treatment. On the
other hand, studies using ultrasound energy for cancer treatment
have advanced, thus revealing the enhancement of drug effects by
employing low-intensity ultrasound. Furthermore, anti-angiogenesis
against tumors is now attracting attention as a new cancer treatment.
Therefore, our research focused on the biological effects and the
enhancement of drug effects brought by this low-intensity ultrasound
energy and reported on the efficacy against a uterine sarcoma model,
by implementing the basic studies, for the first time, including the
concomitant use of low-intensity ultrasound irradiation, as an expected
new antiangiogenic therapy for cancer treatment. Furthermore, we have
succeeded in simultaneously utilizing low-intensity ultrasound in both
diagnosis and treatment, upon real time evaluation of the anti-tumor
effects and anti-angiogenesis effects using color Doppler ultrasound
imaging . (Makoto Emoto, Development of a Cancer Treatment with Low-Intensity Ultrasound)"
Last date updated on September, 2024