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It won't work for liquid tumours (i.e. blood cancers) since they "metastasise" to the whole vein/artery network. Cancers in the brain/lungs/bone, unlikely, sin
by nicwilson 3y ago
It won't work for liquid tumours (i.e. blood cancers) since they "metastasise" to the whole vein/artery network.
Cancers in the brain/lungs/bone, unlikely, since the speed of sound is very different between bone/air and flesh. Though I could be wrong.
But for any solid tumour, it should work well.
- pazimzadeh 3y agoNot every tissue passes ultrasound as well as the liver so it might need fine tuning for different tissues. The liver also regenerates a lot faster which probably helps mitigate off-target effects.
- DennisP 3y agoAccording to the articles, it causes very little off-target damage.