December 7, 2023 - Pancreatic Cancer Patient Shares Clinical Trial Experience and more news...

Published: December 7, 2023

December 7, 2023

Meet Gabsoo: A Focused Ultrasound Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trial Participant

Mr. Gabsoo Han was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2021 at the age of 68 and took part in a focused ultrasound trial in Seoul, Korea.
This patient profile is available in English and Korean.

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Focused Ultrasound Combination Therapy for DIPG Earns FDA’s Fast Track Designation

The FDA has granted Fast Track designation to the combination of SonALAsense’s proprietary drug and Insightec’s focused ultrasound device for the treatment of pediatric brain tumors.
The Fast Track program facilitates the development and expedited review of drugs to fill an unmet medical need.

Focused Ultrasound and Immunotherapy Guidelines Published

A team from the Foundation and the University of Virginia has published guidelines for the field of focused ultrasound and immunotherapy.
The paper outlines recommendations for both preclinical and clinical immune analysis of tissue and blood specimens.

Focused Ultrasound Helps Sono-Sensitized Chemotherapy Reach and Treat Deep Tumors

Researchers in Hong Kong developed an anti-cancer platinum prodrug called cyaninplatin and then showed that focused ultrasound could activate it.
The team also conducted preclinical studies to deliver sono-sensitized chemotherapy to deep tumors.

Insightec Granted Permanent Reimbursement Code for Brain Treatments

Insightec’s Exablate Neuro MR-guided focused ultrasound device

The American Medical Association has issued a category I CPT^® code for treating essential tremor (ET) and Parkinson’s disease with Insightec’s Exablate Neuro focused ultrasound device.
The company also announced reimbursement news for patients with ET in Australia.

UK Foundation Funds New Prostate Cancer Treatment Site in Bath

The UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation (UKFUSF), in collaboration with prostate cancer charity Prost8, has funded a new prostate cancer focused ultrasound treatment site at Royal United Hospitals Bath.
The new unit is an example of how donor funding to UKFUSF is being used to bridge the gap between laboratory research and widespread patient treatment in the UK.

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The Role of AI in Focused Ultrasound

The Foundation team reviewed more than 130 papers to assess how AI may improve clinical solutions in focused ultrasound.
Rick Hamilton, the Foundation’s chief technology officer, discusses the three areas that emerged as fields of interest.

The Foundation is partnering with the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) to host a webinar featuring Suzanne LeBlang, MD.
Join us December 11 at 1:00 p.m., and CME credits are available for AIUM members.

EDAP Honored with French Intellectual Property Award

The company received the Industry Category Award from the French National Institute for Intellectual Property.
The award recognizes EDAP’s efforts to secure critical intellectual property protections for its therapeutic ultrasound prostate technology.

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Call for Abstracts: International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) 2024

The 2024 ISRS congress will take place in May in New York City with the theme “Personalized Radiosurgery from Around the World.”
Abstract submission is open through January 2.

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January 5-7, 2024 Society for Image-Guided Neurointerventions (SIGN) 2024, Hyderabad, India

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“Whenever I was treated by focused ultrasound, I was peaceful due to no pain, so my life became stable. I am so grateful for the opportunity to get treated as part of this clinical trial.”

‒ Gabsoo Han, pancreatic cancer trial participant

December 7, 2023 - Pancreatic Cancer Patient Shares Clinical Trial Experience and more news...

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