{"id":3140,"date":"2021-12-08T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=3140"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T23:00:27","slug":"vaginal-tumors","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/vaginal-tumors\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaginal Tumors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with vaginal tumors. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces precise ablation (thermal destruction of tissue) enabling vaginal tumors to be treated without surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><br>The most common option for treatment of vaginal cancer is surgery, but chemotherapy and radiation therapy may also be used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. It can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue and is repeatable, if necessary. Focused ultasound also does not require anesthesia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a <a aria-label=\"clinical trial in China (opens in a new tab)\" class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/show\/NCT05142397?term=focused+ultrasound&amp;recrs=a&amp;cond=Vaginal+Tumor&amp;draw=2&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial in China<\/strong><\/a> evaluating the immune status of the tissue after treatment with focused ultrasound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Vaginal%20Cancer&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-a-treatment-site\">Find a Treatment Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/treatment-sites\/?indication=Vaginal%20Tumors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for a treatment center or clinical trial near you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for vaginal tumors is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Li\u202fL, Zhang G, Sun M, Lang J, Yu X.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41867046\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Application of high-intensity focused ultrasound in&nbsp;gynaecological&nbsp;diseases<\/strong><\/a>. Int J Hyperthermia. 2026 Dec;43(1):2635294.&nbsp;doi: 10.1080\/02656736.2026.2635294.&nbsp;Epub&nbsp;2026 Mar 23. PMID: 41867046&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhang J, Li X, Chen M, Jiang B, Wu S, Hu W, Tao J, Xiao F, Xiao S.<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/41381379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Analysis of the clinical efficacy of HIFU in the treatment of low-grade vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia<\/a><\/strong>. Int J Hyperthermia. 2025 Dec;42(1):2594037.&nbsp;doi: 10.1080\/02656736.2025.2594037.&nbsp;Epub&nbsp;2025 Dec 11. PMID: 41381379&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imseeh G, Giles SL, Taylor A, Brown MRD, Rivens I, Gordon-Williams R, Ter Haar G, deSouza NM.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33882792\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Feasibility of palliating recurrent gynecological tumors with MRGHIFU: comparison of symptom, quality-of-life, and imaging response in intra and extra-pelvic disease<\/a><\/strong>. Int J Hyperthermia. 2021;38(1):623-632. doi: 10.1080\/02656736.2021.1904154.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abel M, Ahmed H, Leen E, Park E, Chen M, Wasan H, Price P, Monzon L, Gedroyc W, Abel P.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26688729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ultrasound-guided trans-rectal high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for advanced cervical cancer ablation is feasible: a case report<\/strong><\/a>. J Ther Ultrasound. 2015 Dec 18;3:21. doi: 10.1186\/s40349-015-0043-6. eCollection 2015.<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU)+and+%22endometrial+cancer%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU)+and+%22vaginal%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click <\/strong>here<\/a>&nbsp;for additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[26,28],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[20],"class_list":["post-3140","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-oncological","sw_disease_condition_cat-womens-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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