High Intensity Focused Ultrasound and Candidate Requirements

By Tai Ku-Te


As High Intensity Focused Ultrasound doctors Urology Health Solutions, Inc. knows, cancer is a disease found in many humans on this planet, with incalculable sufferers being subject to body destroying chemo and radiation treatments. However recently physicians have started the use of HIFU machines as a way to combat the illness. But unfortunately as per all miracle cures, it is essential to find out who is not a good fit for a high intensity focused ultrasound.

Basically a HF (high frequency) machine is positioned on top of the epidermis; a concentrated beam is focused directly on the tumor inside the body. This non invasive method is primarily reserved for use on metastatic disease or solid tumor masses. This concentrated beam creates a huge increase in temperature of the cancerous cells and this reaction kills off bad tissue and surrounding healthy tissue is not affected.

The biggest advantage of this method of treatment is that due to it only using sound waves; it has very few side effects unlike previously used treatments. Costs related to a HIFU doctor and treatment are greatly reduced as patients do not undergo any surgery and only need to have a local anesthetic and do not have to undergo long hospital stays. Furthermore most will only require one session in order to eliminate deadly cancer cells.

Yet it still needs to be noted that a small portion of cancer sufferers will be excluded for treatment. High frequency ultrasounds are not usable on those diagnosed with brain tumors, especially anyone with cerebrovascular disorders, Parkinson's disease, or where metallic implants are present that can stop the MRI from scanning adequately. MRI scanning basically is the most vital part of this machines operation.

It is not recommended for people diagnosed with skin, lung and pelvic region cancers in addition to head or neck cancer. Cancer that is widely spread throughout the entire body or that is present in the lymph nodes. Most of the recorded healing has been where a single malignant mass has been targeted or part of a larger growth is concentrated on.

High frequency sound waves do not pass through solid bone mass or air and for this reason lung and bone cancer patients are excluded for treatment. An adequate uninterrupted path is needed in order to focus the beam and gas within the bowel area or vessels could also cause a problem.

Women that are pregnant or lactating are definitely excluded along with people that are on anti coagulants or similar medication, have underlying heart conditions, metastases of the brain, as well as concomitant anti arrhythmia. Where the individual person does not have the ability to lie still, as the procedure can take up to 150 min. Of course severely obese patients could also face exclusion.

Additionally, anything that could cause the sonar equipment to not be able to be used will have to be excluded. Sadly there is a full list of any one who is not a good fit for hifu. But for men suffering from prostate cancer, women with breast cancer and anyone with liver cancer, this treatment is available and can be provided by a High Intensity Focused Ultrasound expert from Urology Health Solutions, Inc.




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