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project info
Start date: 1 May 2017
End date: 31 October 2020
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 375 813,75 €
EU contribution: 139 913,75 € (37,23%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2021
Programme: Alsace - ERDF
Managing authority: Région Alsace - DREI

UFOGUIDE — MRI-guided Focalised Ultrasons for the treatment of bone metastases

The UFOGUIDE project aims to develop a medical device for the treatment of bone metastases in a non-invasive manner and without irradiation. This device combines High Intensity Focused Ultrasounds (HIFU) to destroy tumours in a non-invasive and non-harmful manner, and MRI imaging to control treatment in real time. It meets an important medical need because bone metastases are particularly common in breast, prostate and lung cancers, and current treatments are heavy, traumatic and costly. The device developed will be safe, effective, and reliable and will result in a reduction in the costs of dealing with these pathologies.

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