Sharp Memorial Hospital is the first hospital system in San Diego to use a revolutionary technology to destroy cancerous tumors.
The groundbreaking treatment, called histotripsy, focuses external beams of ultrasound into the body to kill the cancerous tissue without ever breaking the skin. The treatment will initially target liver tumors before being tested for use on kidney and pancreatic tumors, according to Hamed Aryafar, M.D., said.
“This was cow liver that’s completely liquified, nothing left of the actual tissue,” Aryafar said. “No incisions, no needles, it focuses beams of ultrasound into the body and it can disrupt the tissue.”…