November 9, 2023 - Breast Cancer Patient Shares her Story and more news...

Also, Foundation team travels to Asia

November 9, 2023 Meet Kristina: A Patient’s Experience Participating in a Focused Ultrasound Clinical Trial for Breast Cancer Kristina, a 39-year-old, is enrolled in a focused ultrasound clinical trial for treating breast cancer. She shares, “This trial offered me purpose through pain. That was a huge mental gift.” Read More Focused Ultrasound for Breast Cancer: A Promising Combination Treatment Results from a Phase I clinical trial using focused ultrasound and microbubbles to improve radiation therapy in patients with breast cancer were recently published. The combination treatment led to a complete response in seven tumors, with minimal side effects. Read More Foundation Adds Senior Advisor for Cancer Immunotherapy Lynn T. Dengel, MD, MSc, will guide the Foundation’s strategy for advancing focused ultrasound in the field of cancer immunotherapy. Dr. Dengel is also a surgical oncologist at the University of Virginia, specializing in melanoma and breast disease. Read More Apply Now: Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program The Postdoctoral Fellowship in Focused Ultrasound provides $30,000 per year for two postdoctoral researchers employed at global institutions. The deadline to apply is January 7, 2024, and recipients will be notified in early March. Learn More Focused Ultrasound Makes Headlines Focused ultrasound for breast cancer in Utah | Today Show Clinical trials for addiction | Washington Post A widow pleads for better prostate cancer diagnoses | The Telegraph UK See All FUS News Focused Ultrasound in Asia: Foundation Trip Highlights Growth Last month, a team traveled to China and Korea to meet with focused ultrasound companies and other stakeholders in the region. The trip also provided an opportunity to connect with the directors of the Focused Ultrasound Hong Kong Foundation. Read More Foundation Donors Take New Approach to Holiday Gifting Last holiday season, Rick and Susan Goings elected to donate to the Foundation in the names of their friends and family. They share why this approach means more than traditional gifts. Read More Call for Abstracts: IEEE South Asian Ultrasonics Symposium (SAUS) 2024 IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society (UFFC-S) will hold the first IEEE SAUS meeting in March 2024 in India. The deadline to submit abstracts is December 1. Learn More Call for Abstracts: IEEE Latin America Ultrasonics Symposium (LAUS) 2024 IEEE and UFFC-S will hold the second IEEE LAUS meeting in May 2024 in Uruguay. The deadline to submit abstracts is December 15. Learn More Clinical Registries to Evaluate Focused Ultrasound Therapies: A Detailed Examination Registries are a central part of validating and integrating a new medical technology like focused ultrasound into the mainstream. This blog, by our chief technology officer Rick Hamilton, outlines the advantages of registries and how the Foundation facilitates their use. Read the Blog Forwarded this email by a friend? Sign up to receive these emails here. And Don't Miss Listen Now | ISTU Webinar “Innovative Strategies with Therapeutic Ultrasound, A Rising Scientists in Therapeutic Ultrasound Special Session” Register Now for the Next ISTU Webinar | “SDT” by Professor Shin-Ichiro Umemura on November 30 at 11:00am Eastern Reimbursement News | HistoSonics Scores Reimbursement Win for Sonic Beam Therapy See Recent News Events November 10-12, 2023 FOCAL2023: Frontiers in Oncologic Prostate Care and Ablative Local Therapy 2023, Chicago, IL, USA November 11-15, 2023 Society for Neuroscience (SFN) Annual Meeting 2023, Washington, DC, USA November 26-30, 2023 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting 2023, Chicago, IL, USA See All Upcoming Events Do you have news for our newsletter? Tell us about it! “Cancer does not have a mind to wait for when it's an appropriate time. It would never be appropriate. So, I wanted to be a part of helping somebody out down the road – with their decisions, with their timeline, making it easier.” ‒ Kristina, participant in focused ultrasound clinical trial for breast cancer