Laserthermia for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary study

Teh-Hong Wang; Guan-Tarn Huang; Jin-Chuan Sheu; Norio Daikuzono; Juei-Low Sung; Ding-Shinn Chen

doi:10.1117/12.17599

1 July 1990 Laserthermia for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary study

Teh-Hong Wang, Guan-Tarn Huang, Jin-Chuan Sheu, Norio Daikuzono, Juei-Low Sung, Ding-Shinn Chen

Proceedings Volume 1201, Optical Fibers in Medicine V; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17599
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A new designed interstitial probe (hybrid probe) was used to treat small hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) with laserthermia. Before the human study, testing in normal rabbit liver was done to measure the thermal map. And then laserthermia was studied in human small HCC. The set condition was 43-45° C in thermocouple and the duration of laserthermia was 20 minutes. From the follow-up computed tomography and liver biopsies, laserthermia had tumorcidal effect. It is concluded that laserthermia may be helpful to the patients with small HCC.

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Teh-Hong Wang, Guan-Tarn Huang, Jin-Chuan Sheu, Norio Daikuzono, Juei-Low Sung, and Ding-Shinn Chen "Laserthermia for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary study", Proc. SPIE 1201, Optical Fibers in Medicine V, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.17599

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