Lasers In The Treatment Of Cancer

B L Aronoff

doi:10.1117/12.945307

15 June 1988 Lasers In The Treatment Of Cancer

B L Aronoff

Proceedings Volume 0907, Laser Surgery: Characterization and Therapeutics; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945307
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The advent of the CO₂ laser in 1964 aroused hope that the "silver bullet" in cancer therapy had arrived. Experiments were designed on laboratory animals and patients with varying results. Certainly, many of the requirements of adequate excisional surgery for cancer are obtained with the laser. The treatment of recurrent and particularly, metastatic cancer, seems to be possible. Palliation of cancer is possible in many cases. Relief of pain seems enhanced by the soft laser. All of these, with our aspirations for the near future will be discussed.

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B L Aronoff "Lasers In The Treatment Of Cancer", Proc. SPIE 0907, Laser Surgery: Characterization and Therapeutics, (15 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945307

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