Foundation's Asia Program Gathers Momentum Foundation staff recently visited Hong Kong and Taiwan. With the support of Board and Council members, our Asia Program continues to gather momentum, build connections, and foster collaboration throughout our global focused ultrasound community.
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Foundation's 2019 Spring Report Published
The Foundation’s 2019 spring report reviews important updates on our programs, clinical trials, and other research milestones, as well as awareness efforts, and much more.
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CORRECTION: To clarify an earlier report regarding the use of ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to treat glioblastoma, CarThera’s recent SonoCloud-1 trial is the first time in the world that the BBB had been opened to deliver drugs using a surgically implanted ultrasound device. A prior report stated that a different trial was "the world’s first clinical trial using focused ultrasound to open the BBB and allow chemotherapeutic agents to reach tumors more efficiently."
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Blog: Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Diagnosis – Understanding the American Urological Association Recommendations
Tim Meakem, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the Foundation, discusses a possible alternative to traditional invasive treatments for prostate cancer.
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Foundation Goes Purple in Fight to End Alzheimer's
Foundation staff wore purple on June 21 – the Longest Day – to show our support for the Alzheimer’s Association in their fight to end the disease.
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Industry and Advocacy Leaders Advise HHS on Accelerating Clinical Innovation
The Focused Ultrasound Working Group shared insights at a public hearing on Capitol Hill for how patients can gain better access to FDA-approved technologies.
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New CPT® Code Established for EDAP’s Focal One Prostate Cancer Treatment
EDAP-TMS recently shared positive news for billing and reimbursement of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment for prostate cancer using their Focal One device.
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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: A Noninvasive Treatment for Prostate Cancer
"We're at the beginning of a sea change for the management of prostate cancer," says urologist Brian Miles, MD, who provided focused ultrasound therapy for Victor Murray.
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Alzheimer’s Patients in Clinical Trials at Ohio State and West Virginia
Alzheimer’s patients in focused ultrasound clinical trials at the Ohio State University and West Virginia University have been featured in recent media coverage. See Clermont Sun, Daily Mail, Epoch Times, and WVU Today to read more. |
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Meeting Report: ISTU & EUFUS Joint Meeting
The joint ISTU and EUFUS meeting in Barcelona drew international participants with an interest in therapeutic and focused ultrasound applications.
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Meeting Report: European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology 2019
ESHO held their annual meeting, where researchers from Cologne presented a case report for treating a patient with rare tumor, as well as their pancreatic cancer work.
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Research Roundup
Scientists conducted simulation and time-reversal studies to explore whether focused ultrasound can cross the spinal cord to treat low back pain caused by degenerative discs.
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July 14-18, 2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), Los Angeles, California
July 14-18, 2019 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 61st Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas
July 23-27, 2019 IEEE 41st International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2019), Berlin, Germany
August 2-6, 2019 American Veterinary Medicine Association (AVMA) Convention, Washington, D.C.
August 16-17, 2019 Society for NeuroOncology (SNO) Inaugural Conference on Brain Metastases, New York, New York
August 29-31, 2019 5th World Congress on Parkinsons & Huntington Disease, Vienna, Austria
September 5, 2019 Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) Annual Public Forum, Washington, DC
September 12-14, 2019 4th International Symposium on Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HOPE), Washington, DC
September 15-18, 2019 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
September 16-17, 2019 20th International Conference on Alzheimer's Drug Discovery, Jersey City, NJ
September 22-26, 2019 International Congress of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Nice, France
September 23-24, 2019 Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation Symposium, Oxford, UK Poster Deadline is September 2, 2019
September 27 – October 1, 2019 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress, Barcelona, Spain |
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