Tumor ablation technologies, such as radiofrequency-, cryo-or high-intensity focused
ultrasound (HIFU) ablation will destroy tumor tissue in a minimally invasive manner. Ablation …

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive and non-ionizing sonic energy-
based therapeutic technology for inducing thermal and non-thermal effects in tissues …

An epicardial bioelectronic patch is an important device for investigating and treating heart
diseases. The ideal device should possess cardiac-tissue-like mechanical softness and …

Over the past decades, thermoablative techniques for the therapy of localized tumors have
gained importance in the treatment of patients not eligible for surgical resection. Anecdotal …

Cancer theranostics is a new concept of medical approach that attempts to combine in a
unique nanoplatform diagnosis, monitoring and therapy so as to provide eradication of a …

Treatment of breast lesions has evolved toward the use of less-invasive or minimally
invasive techniques. Minimally invasive treatments destroy focal groups of cells without …

What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Novel therapeutic methods
have emerged in recent years as 'focal'treatment alternatives in which cancer foci can be …

Breast cancer is a problem for women's health globally. Early detection techniques come in
a variety of forms ranging from local to systemic and from non-invasive to invasive. The …

All-optical ultrasound (OpUS) is an emerging high resolution imaging paradigm utilising
optical fibres. This allows both therapeutic and imaging modalities to be integrated into …

The liver is a common location of both primary and secondary malignancies. For
unresectable liver cancer, many local ablative therapies have been developed. These …