Feasibility of FUS lung cancer treatment using unilateral lung flooding
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Background Lung is not considered for HIFU ablation so far. By replacing air with saline, therapeutic ultrasound could penetrate parenchyma and reach underlying cancer. Unilateral lung flooding is known for ultrasound guided thoracoscopic surgery. Lung cancer is prevalent in oncology and the most mortal cancer entity, its cure requires operability and results in loss of parenchyma. Whereby we were motivated to combine lung flooding and HIFU to create an alternative treatment option to surgery. Therefore the interaction between therapeutic ultrasound and cancer tissue needs to be investigated as well as the flooding process, to provide a sufficient time window for treatment.
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