December 10, 2025 – Bone Cancer in Dogs: One Family's Experience and more news…

Published: December 10, 2025

December 10, 2025

Two Dogs with Bone Cancer: Hunter and Princess’s Focused Ultrasound Story

Tasha’s Doberman Pinschers were diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a bone cancer common in large-breed dogs.
She shares how both dogs were treated in focused ultrasound clinical trials at Virginia Tech.

Turku University Hospital Named a Focused Ultrasound Center of Excellence

Turku is a prominent academic medical center in Finland.
The site has performed more than 700 focused ultrasound treatments for women’s health conditions, bone tumors, prostate cancer, and movement disorders.

A Record Year for the Foundation’s Global Internship Program

This summer, the Foundation sponsored 26 global interns at 16 institutions across 5 countries.
Read about the three projects that were ranked the highest by an internal review board.

Podcast: An Exciting Focused Ultrasound Breakthrough for Brain Cancer

Graeme Woodworth, MD, works to transform brain tumor treatment through the use of focused ultrasound–mediated blood-brain barrier opening.
Dr. Woodworth discusses the newly released results from his multicenter glioblastoma clinical trial.

Investigator Profile: Xiaoye Hu, MD

Dr. Hu is a physician at the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine who has treated more than 3,200 patients with focused ultrasound.
This profile is provided in both English and Chinese.

Read His Profile

November Meeting Roundup

Seven recent conferences featured focused ultrasound presentations.
Topics covered included pancreatic cancer, cerebral cavernous malformations, neuro-oncology applications, and more.

Cordance Medical Announces an Oversubscribed $8M Financing Round

The funding will support the company’s first-in-human clinical trial, which will use its focused ultrasound platform to safely and temporarily open the blood-brain barrier.
Cordance’s device doesn’t require patient head fixation or live imaging and could be adopted in outpatient centers.

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Events

January 15-17, 2026 Spectrum Conference, Miami, Florida, USA

January 22-23, 2026 European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Imaging, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

January 22-25, 2026 North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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“Their work reflects not only the breadth of focused ultrasound applications worldwide, but also the passion and curiosity that will shape the next generation of researchers.”

‒ Lauren Hadley, MD, MBA, on the 2025 summer global interns

December 10, 2025 – Bone Cancer in Dogs: One Family's Experience and more news…

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