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| Title |
First noninvasive thermal ablation of a brain tumor with MR-guided focusedultrasound
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| Published in |
Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/2050-5736-2-17 |
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| Authors |
Daniel Coluccia, Javier Fandino, Lucia Schwyzer, Ruth O’Gorman, Luca Remonda, Javier Anon, Ernst Martin, Beat Werner |
| Abstract |
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) allows for precise thermal ablation of target tissues. While this emerging modality is increasingly used for the treatment of various types of extracranial soft tissue tumors, it has only recently been acknowledged as a modality for noninvasive neurosurgery. MRgFUS has been particularly successful for functional neurosurgery, whereas its clinical application for tumor neurosurgery has been delayed for various technical and procedural reasons. Here, we report the case of a 63-year-old patient presenting with a centrally located recurrent glioblastoma who was included in our ongoing clinical phase I study aimed at evaluating the feasibility and safety of transcranial MRgFUS for brain tumor ablation. Applying 25 high-power sonications under MR imaging guidance, partial tumor ablation could be achieved without provoking neurological deficits or other adverse effects in the patient. This proves, for the first time, the feasibility of using transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound to safely ablate substantial volumes of brain tumor tissue. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | <1% |
| Slovenia | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 199 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 19% |
| Researcher | 30 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 35 | 17% |
| Unknown | 45 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 45 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 44 | 22% |
| Neuroscience | 10 | 5% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 8 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 61 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 January 2015.
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#6,908,953
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#2
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