Jessica Gannon, Khan Mohammad Imran, Alissa Hendricks-Wenger, Michael Edwards, Hannah Covell, Lauren Ruger, Neha Singh, Margaret Nagai-Singer, Benjamin Tintera, Kristin Eden, Mishal Mendiratta-Lala, Joan Vidal-Jove, David Luyimbazi, Martha Larson, Sherrie Clark-Deener, Sheryl Coutermarsh-Ott, Irving C Allen, Eli Vlaisavljevich
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant disease associated with poor survival and nearly 80% present with unresectable tumors. Treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy have shown overall improved survival benefits, albeit limited. Histotripsy is a noninvasive, non-ionizing, and non-thermal focused ultrasound ablation modality that has shown efficacy in treating hepatic tumors and other malignancies. In this novel study, we investigate histotripsy for noninvasive pancreas ablation in a pig model. In two studies, histotripsy was applied to the healthy pancreas in 11 pigs using a custom 32-element, 500 kHz histotripsy transducer attached to a clinical histotripsy system, with treatments guided by real-time ultrasound imaging...
2023: International Journal of Hyperthermia