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Hong Kong will test sound-wave histotripsy on kidney tumors in 30 patients
The Li Ka Shing Foundation is paying for 30 trial places at three private hospitals, billed as Asia’s first kidney trials of the technique.
A magnolia compound shielded hearing in mice given cisplatin chemotherapy
Northwestern mice with breast tumors lost about 24 dB of high-pitch hearing on cisplatin alone and no significant amount when honokiol came first.
Histotripsy breaks up liver tumors with sound, and the trials show where it stands
The pivotal trial hit 95% of its targets, but its one-year tumor control reads 63% or 90% depending on how the scans are judged.
Singapore clears histotripsy, the sound-wave tumor treatment, for liver use
It follows Taiwan in May and Europe in July, and a 553-patient review this spring found the treatment hit its target 94% of the…
A Chinese pilot tracked symptoms for three months after cancer HIFU
In 54 people with mostly stage IV cancer, the worst symptoms bottomed out a month after one focused-ultrasound session, but the study had no…