Initial clinical experience of non-invasive treatment of Magnetic Resonance guided high intensity focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for focal breast cancer

Background Breast cancer is the first cause of oncologic female death in western countries [1]. Current medicine is continuously looking for a treatment that is the least invasive and the maximum conservative as possible. Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a non-invasive ablation technique that relies on the use of a high-intensity focused ultrasound beam that can increase the punctual temperature within a target tissue, causing a consequent thermal damage and coagulation necrosis [2,3]. The Magnetic Resonance guidance allows a better visualization of the lump and the real time temperature monitoring during the entire treatment [4].