A doctor may use an ultrasound scan as one of the first tests to diagnose and assess a soft tissue sarcoma. An ultrasound can help doctors determine the nature of the lump and plan the most ...

Researchers in the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute's Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center (CEDAR), wanted to improve a category of focused ultrasound known as mechanical tumor ablation. This ...

Your doctor will usually do further testing if an ultrasound shows a solid mass or what looks like abnormal tissue. Ultrasounds help doctors identify benign or malignant tumors. Benign tumors are ...

Scientists created a new nanoparticle aimed at making ultrasound-based cancer therapy more safe and effective.

Histotripsy is a new, FDA-approved, minimally invasive technique that destroys liver tumors using high-frequency ultrasound waves. For some patients with liver cancer, they could be spared ...

The cells can be remotely controlled to target tumors using focused ultrasound, potentially making treatments safer yet more effective. Lead author Longwei Liu, an assistant professor at the USC ...

Contrast-enhanced mammography identified three times as many tumors as ultrasound scans. But it is not widely used for ...