Table 1 Patient and tumor characteristics

Patient number

16

Sex

 Male

10 (62.5)

 Female

6 (37.5)

Age (year)

62.3 ± 10.5 (49–72)

Karnofsky performance status

84.4 ± 5.1 (80–90)

BMI^a (kg/m²)

23.8 ± 3.1 (17.3–27.2)

Tumor location

 Head

9 (56.3)

 Body

7 (43.7)

Tumor diameter (cm)

3.7 ± 2.6 (3.0–6.2)

Serum CA-199 pre-HIFU (U/L)

102.1 (25.8–229.6)

Serum amylopsin and lipase pre-HIFU (U/L)

101.5 (49.3–202.6)/210.5 (73.7–401.1)

Visual analog scale(VAS)

5.1 ± 2.2 (3–8)