Advances in Supportive and Palliative Care for Lung Cancer Patients

Simoff, Michael

doi:10.1007/174_2011_313

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“…Nd:YAG LA has been used as palliative treatments for several other cancers, e.g., colorectal [ 47 , 48 ], pancreas neuroendocrine tumors [ 39 ], lung [ 35 , 49 ], glioblastoma [ 36 ], osteoid osteoma [ 37 ], renal [ 38 ], ureteral tumors [ 50 ], and breast cancer [ 51 ]. These uses have generally been delivered at power settings of 5 W and a few minutes of application, or at high (50 W) power with short pulses of 1–3 s.…”

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Laser Ablation for Cancer: Past, Present and Future

Schena

Saccomandi

Fong

2017

JFB

137

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Laser ablation (LA) is gaining acceptance for the treatment of tumors as an alternative to surgical resection. This paper reviews the use of lasers for ablative and surgical applications. Also reviewed are solutions aimed at improving LA outcomes: hyperthermal treatment planning tools and thermometric techniques during LA, used to guide the surgeon in the choice and adjustment of the optimal laser settings, and the potential use of nanoparticles to allow biologic selectivity of ablative treatments. Promising technical solutions and a better knowledge of laser-tissue interaction should allow LA to be used in a safe and effective manner as a cancer treatment.

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