Sound Waves Legacy To Treat Cancer With Minimal Side Effects!

Dr. Mehwish Guru

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound is an investigative but promising technology in the field of oncology, with potential for integration in current curative and palliative cancer treatment strategies.
HIFU is a treatment that uses high frequency sound waves. You have HIFU from a machine. The machine gives off sound waves which deliver a strong beam to the cancer. This heats up and destroys any type of cancer cells.
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a medical procedure that uses ultrasound waves to treat certain conditions, such as tumors. It’s a minimally invasive procedure.The highly focused energy from the ultrasound causes the temperature of the tissue to rise, and the heat destroys (ablates) the targeted tissue area.
The ultrasound beams can pass through layers of tissue (such as your skin), leaving them unharmed, until they reach their target.Medical researchers are currently investigating several other conditions and issues HIFU can treat.
HIFU can treat a single tumour or part of a large tumour.

Researchers are looking at HIFU as a treatment for different cancer types. Most of the research so far has been for prostate cancer. But you might also have it as part of a clinical trial for:
Rectal Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Vaginal Cancer
Womb Cancer
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Pancreatic Cancer
Breast Cancer.

The overall (96.4%) and cancer-specific (100%) survival rates at 7 years for HIFU in treating localized cancer were comparable with radical surgery and radiotherapy series.Even you can have HIFU again if your cancer grows back .The HIFU technique could be an alternative to surgery especially for patients with comorbidity.

The Author is a CEO Wish Bot Innovation, Haifu Project Manager India