Meet Edison® Histotripsy System – powerful bubbles
Please read this before asking questionsHistotripsy is a new treatment, but it's an ablative technique rather than a drug. It can be equated to liver embolization or conventional tumour ablation but uses what would appear to be a more effective targeted therapy. It's early days, the fact that it has been approved by FDA (see wording below) is about all we know but this blog will be kept live. I get asked a lot of questions but some of the detail NET patients tend to ask is simply not available to me. 1. I do not know for sure which hospitals will…
RonnyAllan.NET – Summary of January 2023 – Ronny Allan – Living with Neuroendocrine Cancer
SummaryGreat start to 2023 and I thank those who continue to support my social media and this blog. I'm keen to hear any suggestions of the sort of thing you would like me to research and publish.The top 10 most-read posts in January are listed below:Paul Hunter Tribute – Snooker champion and Neuroendocrine Cancer patientThe Masters Snooker competition was held in January 2023 and there was a tremendous spike in views at the time of the final. The Masters Trophy was named the Paul Hunter trophy, and this incidentally generates a vast amount of awareness for Neuroendocrine Cancer as most…
Cancer Ablation
What is Cancer Ablation?This is a minimally invasive surgical method to treat solid cancers. More modern types of ablative style treatments may be described as non-invasive. With conventional ablation, special probes are used to “burn” or “freeze” cancers. Computed Tomography (CT), Ultrasound (US) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is used to guide and position the needle probe into the tumour. This requires only a tiny hole, usually less than 3 mm via which the probe is introduced. When the probe is within the cancer it is attached to a generator which “burns” or “freezes” the cancer. “Burning” refers to increasing…
EUS Guided Ablation for small pancreatic NETs (Less than 2cm)
To burn or not to burn? I once wrote a post about Pancreatic NET "to cut or not to cut". You can read that here. Surgery for small pancreatic NETs remains controversial with most guidelines and study guidelines recommending surveillance for small primary tumours less than 2cm. There are exceptions to that, e.g. preventative surgery if the tumour is threatening important vessels and for functional cases where the surgery is palliative in nature. Contrast that against some patient perspectives where they just want it cut out (and some will 'surgeon-shop' until they find someone who will). Most pancreatic NET are…
Histotripsy: A new technique that treats cancer using soundwaves
First published on April 25, 2022. Updated regularly. Last update 19th September 2025.If you just want to know what Histotripsy is, just head straight down to "Original Article" section19th September 2025. Australia Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation Australia have taken the lead and are campaiging for access to this innovative treatment. As NET patients in Australia, you can help. Read more by clicking here April 2025. Singapore Singapore's National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS)Search company and National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)Search company are set to begin clinical trials of a revolutionary cancerSearch disease treatment called histotripsySearch drug in the second half of 2025. This groundbreaking technology uses precisely targeted ultrasound…