Chinese Journal of Hepatobiliary Surgery 2011;17(1):77-78

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-8118.2011.01.027

The rise of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) non-invasive therapy for solid tumors

Ruo FENG ; Hui ZHU ; Faqi LI ; Haibing SU ; Xun CHEN

Keywords

High intensity focused ultrasound; Tumor; Treatment

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

In the 40 years of last centry American scientists put forward a concep of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapeutic technique and had done some technical and clinical studies. Since 90 years the HIFU surgery technique treating tumors anew rised abruptly in the world. China firstly put out a comprehensive HIFU tumor treating sistem and successfully treated many solid tumors such as breast cancer, bone tumor, liver cancer etc.. Now the treating sistem has already exported to England, Italy,Spain, Japan, Colea etc. and treated tens thousands tumor patients. In the field of noninvasive ultrasound treating tumor technique China has continually kept the leading position in the world.