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Extracorporeal Ultrasound-Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Implications from the Present Clinical Trials

Table 1

List of the therapeutic strategies applied during HIFU for cancers.

Disease and treatment Regimen

Liver
 TACEADM
BLM
DDP
5-FU + ADM
5-FU + DDP
5-FU + EPI
5-FU + GEM
GEM + Oxa
5-FU + ADM + CBP
5-FU + ADM + MMC
5-FU + CBP + MMC
5-FU + DDP + EPI
5-FU + DDP + MMC
5-FU + EPI + Oxa
ADM + FUDR + MMC
FUDR + Oxa + THP
5-FU + (ADM/THP) + (DDP/Oxa)
5-FU + AMD + DDP + MMC
5-FU + DDP + EPI + MMC
5-FU + MMC + THP + CF
5-FU, (DDP/Oxa), EPI, GEM
5-FU, DDP, EPI, HCPT, MMC
 Chemotherapy Capecitabine
5-FU + CBP
DDP + GEM
5-FU + ADR + DDP
5-FU + CTX + VCR
ADR + CTX + DDP
5-FU + Oxa + CF
 Radiotherapy 3DCRT
Stereotactic
 Biotherapy Thymosin α1
Tumor necrosis factor
DCCIK
 Surgery
 Ethanol
 Others Chlorin e6
Thalidomide

Pancreas
 Chemotherapy 5-FU
Capecitabine
DDP
GEM
5-FU + CF
5-FU + GEM
GEM + Capecitabine
GEM + DDP
GEM + Oxa
5-FU + GEM + CF
 Arterial infusionGEM
5-FU + GEM
5-FU + DDP + EPI
5-FU + GEM + Oxa
DDP + GEM + Interferon
5-FU + EPI + MMC + CF
 Radiotherapy 3DCRT
 Celiac ganglia destruction
 BiotherapyMycobacterium phlei F.U.36
Octreotide

Ovary
 Chemotherapy BLM + DDP + VCR
CTX + DDP + VCR
 Radiotherapy

Uterine cervix
 Chemotherapy5-FU + DDP + CF
CTX + BLM + DDP
5-FU + DDP + PTX + CF
 Radiotherapy

Vagina
 Radiotherapy

Bone
 Arterial infusion DDP
ADM, DDP, MTX, IFO
 Chemotherapy ADM + DDP
HDMTX + VCR
ADM + MTX + IFO
ADM, DDP, MTX, IFO
 Radiotherapy

Breast
 ChemotherapyPTX + ADM
PTX + EPI
5-FU + ADM + CTX
5-FU + CTX + EPI
5-FU + CTX + MTX
CTX + EPI + Tegafur
 Hormone therapy Tamoxifen
 Radiotherapy
 Endoscopic axillary node dissection

Soft tissues
 ChemotherapyADM + DDP
DDP + IFO
CBP + VP-16
ADM + DTIC + IFO
CBP + EPI + VCR
 Arterial infusionDDP
ADM + DTIC + IFO
 Radiotherapy
 Surgery

Retroperitoneal lesions
 Radiotherapy 3DCRT
 Chemotherapy N/A
 Surgery

Esophagus
 Chemotherapy DDP + PTX
5-FU + DDP + CF

Stomach
 Chemotherapy 5-FU + DDP + PTX
5-FU + Oxa + CF

Colorectum
 Chemotherapy5-FU + ADM + MTX
5-FU + Oxa + CF
 Radiotherapy

Kidney
 Biotherapy Interferon

Prostate
 Hormone therapyOrchidectomy
Flutamide/bicalutamide
Leuprorelin/goserelin
 Radiotherapy 125I
External beam
 Transurethral resection

Bladder
 Infusion ADM
HCPT
MMC
 Radiotherapy

5-FU: 5-fluorouracil; ADM: adriamycin; BLM: bleomycin; CBP: carboplatin; CF: calcium folinate; CTX: cyclophosphamide; DDP: cisplatin; DTIC: dacarbazine; EPI: epirubicin; FUDR: floxuridine; GEM: gemcitabine; HCPT: hydroxycamptothecin; IFO: ifosfamide; MMC: mitomycin C; MTX: methotrexate; Oxa: oxaliplatin; PTX: paclitaxel; THP: pirarubicin, VCR: vincristine; VP-16: etoposide.