April 11, 2024 – Promising Results for Glioblastomas and more news...

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April 11, 2024 Recurrent Glioblastoma Clinical Trial Results of SonoCloud-9 Plus Chemotherapy Final results from Carthera’s international phase I/II clinical trial in patients with recurrent glioblastoma have been published in Nature Communications. Dose escalation was safe, and the device provided 90% BBB disruption in a larger volume around the treatment area. Median overall survival was highest in the group that received chemotherapy before BBB disruption. Read More Meet Ken: Gerontology Expert Opts for Focused Ultrasound to Treat Prostate Cancer Dr. Ken Dychtwald is a psychologist, gerontologist, best-selling author, and public speaker. He shares how he was blindsided by his prostate cancer diagnosis and why he chose focused ultrasound. Read His Patient Story Curing with Sound Podcast Features Pioneering Neurosurgeon Nir Lipsman Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, is a neurosurgeon and Director of the Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. In this episode, he discusses his motivations for exploring focused ultrasound for the brain and where he sees the technology going. Listen to the Episode Blood-Brain Barrier Opening for Glioblastoma: Workshop Advances Focused Ultrasound Treatment The Foundation partnered with the Sontag Foundation to host a workshop on focused ultrasound–induced blood-brain barrier opening for glioblastoma. Attendees addressed 10 burning questions related to the field, including the potential roles of drug delivery and liquid biopsy. Read More Revolutionizing Alzheimer's Treatment: Updates on the Breakthrough Role of Focused Ultrasound Alzheimer’s disease impacts 6 million Americans, but focused ultrasound could offer hope. In this blog, the Foundation’s Director of Clinical Relationships provides an overview of the current state of research using focused ultrasound to address the disease. Read More Treating Pain with Focused Ultrasound: Two Neuromodulation Clinical Trials One trial targeted the subregions of the insula for pain processing and heart rate variability. The other trial targeted the dorsal anterior cingulate for acute pain perception and autonomic responses. Read More Deadlines Approaching: Apply Now for Foundation Internships The Access FUS internship provides educational and research opportunities to undergraduate students from underrepresented and underserved backgrounds. Apply by April 15. The Foundation’s Global Internship Program enables students to conduct focused ultrasound research with esteemed mentors in the field. Apply by April 21. Learn More About Our Internships Watch Now: Congressional Briefing on Focused Ultrasound The Foundation and G2G Consulting recently held a congressional briefing to raise awareness and funding for focused ultrasound research. Physicians and a patient treated for neuropathic pain discussed how focused ultrasound is being used to treat brain tumors, psychiatric conditions, and pain. Learn More and Watch Meeting Report: IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2023 The 61st IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IEEE IUS) was held September 3–8, 2023, in Montreal. At least 85 of the meeting’s lectures and posters are of interest to the focused ultrasound community. Read More Focused Ultrasound Intellectual Property Update: First Quarter 2024 The Foundation tracks recently issued patents filed with the US Patent Office related to the field. Five new US patents related to focused ultrasound have been issued in 2024. See the List Opening the Blood-Brain Barrier with Focused Ultrasound Med Device Online recently published an article by Foundation Chairman Neal F. Kassell, MD, about focused ultrasound–induced blood-brain barrier opening. The article discusses the use of the application for enhancing cancer immunotherapies and delivering drugs to the brain. Read the Article Forwarded this email by a friend? Sign up to receive these emails here. And Don't Miss Pioneering Neurosurgeon Recognized | UVA Health’s W. Jeffrey Elias, MD, Named to Modern Healthcare’s 2024 Innovators List Register for the Next ISTU Webinar | Cavitation Monitoring and Control by Costas D. Arvanitis, PhD | April 18 at 11:00 am Eastern Listen to the Latest ISTU Webinar | Low Intensity Focused Ultrasound - Experiences from First-in-Human Use for Depression and Anxiety by Noah Philip, MD Abstract Deadline Extended to April 17 | SNO/ASCO CNS Metastases Conference | August 8-10, 2024, in Denver Abstract Deadline Extended to April 21 | Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation (FUN24) Conference | July 11-13, 2024, in Toronto See Recent News Events April 26-27, 2024 Nuclear Medicine and Neurooncology (NMN) Symposium: Precision Medicine 2024, Vienna, Austria April 28 - May 1, 2024 European Conference on Interventional Oncology (ECIO) 2024, Palma de Mallorca, Spain May 3-6, 2024 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Meeting 2024, Chicago, IL, USA See All Upcoming Events Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it! “I jumped on the opportunity to have HIFU and felt very lucky because 5 or 10 years ago it would not have been available.” ‒ Ken Dychtwald