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‹ Thu · 23 Apr 2026
Promising but preliminary

Focused ultrasound ablation surgery combined with immune checkpoint inhibition in driver-gene wild-type NSCLC with liver metastasis: a feasibility study

Combining focused ultrasound ablation with immunotherapy shows promising early disease control in lung cancer with liver spread.

A 10-patient feasibility study of focused ultrasound ablation + checkpoint inhibitor combination in wild-type NSCLC with liver metastases showed 80% disease control rate at 12 weeks and acceptable tolerability. While preliminary due to small sample size and short follow-up, this supports further investigation of FUAS as an ICI combination partner.

What the study was

Study design
Single-arm open-label feasibility study
Population
Driver-gene wild-type NSCLC patients with liver metastases (n=10)
Sample size
10
Category
Treatment Innovation
Maturity
Exploratory
Journal
International Journal of Hyperthermia

Why it surfaced

Novel FUAS+ICI combination in NSCLC liver mets; promising DCR; n=10 only; needs larger trial.

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