Interstitial Laser Irradiation for Bladder Cancer

Thulium laser treatment for bladder cancer

Recent innovations in thulium laser techniques have allowed application in the treatment of bladder cancer. Laser en bloc resection of bladder cancer is a transurethral procedure that may offer an alternative to the conventional transurethral resection procedure. We conducted a review of basic thulium laser physics and laser en bloc resection procedures and summarized the current clinical liter...

Interstitial brachytherapy for bladder cancer with the aid of laparoscopy*

Since 2009, 40 patients with a T1/T2 bladder cancer have been treated at ARTI with interstitial brachytherapy via laparoscopy. Under general anaesthesia, the tumour area is implanted under cystoscopic control with the aid of a laparoscope, and instruments are attached to the Da Vinci robot. Mapping is then done via a simulator photo and a CT scan. With this method, the patient has fewer complic...

Interstitial laser photocoagulation for treating bleeding gastric cancer.

Interobserver agreement of confocal laser endomicroscopy for bladder cancer.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Emerging optical imaging technologies such as confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) hold promise in improving bladder cancer diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the interobserver agreement of image interpretation using CLE for bladder cancer. METHODS Experienced CLE urologists (n=2), novice CLE urologists (n=6), pathologists (n=4), and nonclinical resear...

Effect of laser irradiation on the progression of skin cancer using carcinogen among hamsters

Introduction: Skin cancer has been increased day by day, but it can be cured if it diagnosed early. After reviewing the scientific literature about 980 nm diode laser, and its multiple advantages on skin diseases. We studied in this paper the effectiveness of this type of laser on the progression of skin cancer among hamsters which were exposed to carcinogen on the bac...