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Cancer: Ultrasonics

Commons · Question 79049 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with medical researchers on the development of histotripsy treatments.

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Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 21 Oct 2025

Histotripsy is a non-invasive ultrasound treatment that destroys tumours without the need for surgery or radiation. HistoSonics developed the Edison System to deliver histotripsy, and this was one of eight transformative technologies supported through the...