
Researchers in Utrecht, the Netherlands have published the results from their Phase I clinical trial using focused ultrasound for the treatment of breast cancer. See First clinical experience with a dedicated MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound system for breast cancer ablation in European Radiology. This research was highlighted in Aunt Minnie Europe in their story HIFU: A Good Alternative to Lumpectomy, published on MedicalPhysicsWeb.com.
Collaborators from University College London and several other UK institutions have published a comprehensive, 5-year review of 500 patients who received focused ultrasound treatment for whole-gland prostate cancer. See Medium-term Outcomes after Whole-gland High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer from a Multicentre Registry Cohort in European Urology.