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Game changing for a lot of cancer patients. you dont need an invasive treatment, you dont need the toxic drugs that we may use in a standard chemotherapy, so you could have an example where you use histotripsy to stimulate the immune system and then you come in with the immune—activating drugs and they might be able to then finish off the tumour. but there are some concerns. it may release bits of cancer in the process of breaking it up and obviously, the big concern there is if you release ca...

Us —based tech company history sonics is running the most advanced histotripsy trial to date. ., , advanced histotripsy trial to date. . , ., ., date. there are tiny and that made size — date. there are tiny and that made size bubbles _ date. there are tiny and that made size bubbles that -- l date. there are tiny and that. made size bubbles that -- exist made size bubbles that —— exist within tissue and when we hit those focus points without ultrasound, it excites those bubbles and thos...

There are some concerns. it may release bits of cancer in the - release bits of cancer in the process of breaking it up and obviously the big concern varies if you release cancer cells around the body then you might end up with the spread of the cancer to other places. ive not seen any evidence of that happening but its something and im sure ——we and the trial will keep an eye out for that happening. it’s the trial will keep an eye out for that happening.— for that happening. its not cle...

Time, my alternative was basically to go to a stronger, heavier chemo and i was hoping not to have to do that. this is quite an opportunity.- quite an opportunity. leeds teachin: quite an opportunity. leeds teaching hospitals - quite an opportunity. leeds teaching hospitals nhs - quite an opportunity. leeds i teaching hospitals nhs trust is one of 16 centres in the us and europe taking part in the global hope liver trial. its aim is to find out how safe and effective the treatment is. just 46 pe...

Then they will use this robotic arm to deliver a much stronger therapeutic type of ultrasound to destroy it. histrosonics technology is focused on the liver because tumours there are notoriously hard to treat and survival rates are low. the hope is histotripsy will give inoperable patients like peter better treatment options. it sounded amazing, really. at the time, my alternative was basically to go to a stronger, heavier chemo and i was hoping not to have to do that. this is quite an opportuni...

The chance to undergo a new cancer treatment at stjamess hospital in leeds. histotripsy is a type of focused ultrasound which destroys tissue inside the body, completely noninvasively. its much more precise than treatments which use heat or radiation, meaning it can better treat tumours which are small and widespread in vital organs like the liver. us—based tech company histosonics is running the most advanced histotripsy trial to date. theres tiny, nanometre—sized micro bubbles that natural...

Received the procedure so far, including peter. we are about to start a treatment here. professor tze min wah is overseeing his treatment. in the middle, next across, can you see the bubbles? thats the focal point of the treatment. you can hear the sound. so, can you see bits of the tumour being destroyed right now? you can see the focal point is destroying a tumour and as you can see the bright area here. early studies have shown histotripsy can also kick—start an immune response that enables...

In a small initial study had this effect. that is, yeah, what im really hoping for is that you get the immune response and it starts to clear up all of the things in the liver. cancer experts say histotripsy could be a significant breakthrough. it would be potentially game changing for a lot of cancer patients. you dont need an invasive treatment, you dont need the toxic drugs that we may use in a standard chemotherapy, so you could have an example where you use histotripsy to stimulate the immu...

But there are some concerns. it may release bits of cancer in the process of breaking it up and obviously, the big concern there is if you release cancer cells around the body, then you might end up with the spread of the cancer to other places. ive not seen any evidence of that happening but its something we and im sure the trial will keep an eye out for that. its not clear if an immune responses been triggered in peter but a month after his procedure, professor wah was able to show me the resu...

Mechanically destroy tissue. patients will awake from their procedure and generally most times not know that they were ever treated. the team is going to be using standard ultrasound to identify where in peters body the tumour is. then they will use this robotic arm to deliver a much stronger therapeutic type of ultrasound to destroy it. histosonics technology is focused on the liver because tumours there are notoriously hard to treat and survival rates are low. the hope is histotripsy will give...