Current and future clinical applications of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for pancreatic cancer

Gut and Liver

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Jang, Hyun Joo ^a   Lee, Jae Young ^b   Lee, Don Haeng ^c   Kim, Won Hong ^c   Hwang, Joo Ha ^d  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

High intensity focused ultrasound; Pancreatic cancer; Review; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER PAIN; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 77957603783     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2010.4.S1.S57     Document Type: Review

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