types of lasers are used to treat cancer: carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers, argon lasers, and neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Nd:YAG) lasers. Lasers also may...
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Cancer treatments are a wide range of treatments available for the many different types of cancer, with each cancer type needing its own specific treatment...
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development and progress of cancer treatments, which includes time of discovery, progress, and approval of the treatments. Cancer was traditionally treated...
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low-level (low-power) lasers or light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to the surface of the body. Whereas high-power lasers are used in laser medicine to cut or destroy...
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(approximately above 300 GHz) are called lasers (e.g. infrared lasers, ultraviolet lasers, X-ray lasers, gamma-ray lasers), whereas devices operating at microwave...
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1038/nm0303-269. PMID 12612576. S2CID 9745527. "Lasers in Cancer Treatment". National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. 13 September 2011. Retrieved...
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whether these treatments are safe and effective treatments. Experimental cancer treatments are normally available only to people who participate in formal research...
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Laser medicine is the use of lasers in medical diagnosis, treatments, or therapies, such as laser photodynamic therapy, photorejuvenation, and laser surgery...
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Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can...
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lung cancer and improves treatment outcomes in those already diagnosed with lung cancer. Lung cancer is the most diagnosed and deadliest cancer worldwide...
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Photodynamic therapy (redirect from Photodynamic cancer treatment)
therapy for the treatment of malignant tumors". Cancer Research. 38 (8): 2628–35. PMID 667856. Goldman L (1990). "Dye Lasers in Medicine". In Duarte FJ; Hillman...
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Tattoo removal (redirect from Laser Tattoo Removal)
treatments and the use of picosecond laser technology. Before tattoo removal with Q-switched lasers began in the early 1990s, continuous-wave lasers were...
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Laser-assisted drug delivery (LADD) is a drug delivery technique commonly used in the dermatology field that involves lasers. As skin acts as a protective...
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Photorejuvenation (redirect from Skin Lasers)
Photorejuvenation is a skin treatment that uses lasers, intense pulsed light, or photodynamic therapy to treat skin conditions and remove effects of photoaging...
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the lasers driving the reaction. Powerful lasers producing ultra-short (in the tens of femtoseconds) and ultra-intense (up to 1023 W/cm2) laser pulses...
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"The Efficacy of Facial Skin Cancer Treatment with High-Energy Pulsed Neodymium and Nd:YAG Lasers". Photomedicine Laser Surgery. 27 (2): 345–49. doi:10...
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Treatment with Nd:YAG lasers and with Nd:YAG laser passed through a Potassium titanyl phosphate crystal, and with an argon laser has been studied in small...
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Radiation therapy (redirect from X-Ray treatment)
or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill or control the growth...
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Prevention includes stopping smoking and eating a healthy diet. Treatment is based on the cancer's stage and location, together with the person's general condition...
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Head and neck cancer is a general term encompassing multiple cancers that can develop in the head and neck region. These include cancers of the mouth,...
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lasers are excellent cutters, but provide minimal hemostasis. Diode lasers (hot tip) provide excellent hemostasis, but are slow cutters. CO2 lasers are...
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gamma-ray lasers include medical imaging, spacecraft propulsion, and cancer treatment. In his 2003 Nobel lecture, Vitaly Ginzburg cited the gamma-ray laser as...
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Basal-cell carcinoma (redirect from Basal-cell cancer)
affects the risk of basal-cell cancer. Treatment is typically by surgical removal. This can be by simple excision if the cancer is small; otherwise, Mohs surgery...
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found in 95% of these cancers, prior to exposure to the virus. Early data suggest a reduction in infection rates. In the past, the treatment of OPC was...
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Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas...
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accredited super speciality cancer treatment centre. The hospital is following international protocol for cancer treatment managed by K.G. Kothari Memorial...
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method using laser-activated nanoparticles as a potential cancer treatment. She is one of 66 black women to earn a Ph.D. in physics in the United States...
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wavelength of light, allowing for diverse applications in healing, dermatology, and cancer treatment. PDT can induce many cellular pathways, and its main...
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Blood irradiation therapy (category Alternative medical treatments)
of ineffective cancer treatment fraudulently sold by alternative cancer treatment clinics in Mexico. Intravenous or intravascular laser blood irradiation...
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