Posts Tagged ‘magnetic resonance’

Longest Day of Golf Prostate Cancer Quarterly Update

news, prostate tumor treatment | Posted by visualase January 27th, 2010

Source
www.4cures.org  – Newsletter

Prostate Cancer Research Projects

University of Chicago

Dr. Scott Eggener

Dr. Scott Eggener

“A Study to Evaluate Magnetic Resonance Thermal Image-guided Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy for Pinpoint destruction of Prostate Cancer.”

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Laser Ablation of Liver Metastases

LITT, liver tumor treatment, news | Posted by visualase December 10th, 2007

In the news (excerpt)

Laser Ablation of Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer with MR Thermometry: 5-Year Survival

Purpose

To determine technical success, technique effectiveness, complications, and survival after laser ablation of liver metastases from colorectal cancer.

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Liver Tumours Treated Effectively by MR-guided Laser Ablation

LITT, liver tumor treatment, news | Posted by visualase December 20th, 2005

Oncology, surgery – In the news

Liver tumours treated effectively by MR-guided laser ablation

20 December 2005

Destruction of cancerous liver tissue by laser light guided by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was found to be as effective as traditional surgery for some patients, in a large-scale, 12-year study in Germany.

In the largest study of its type with the longest follow-up, 839 patients at the University of Frankfurt in Germany received MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) for the treatment of liver tumours resulting from colorectal cancer. Between 1993 and 2005, the researchers treated 2,506 liver tumours and tracked survival rates to evaluate the long-term results of the procedure. The average survival rate from the date of diagnosis was 3.8 years, which compares favourably to survival rates after traditional surgery (approximately 1.5 to 5.0 years). The study was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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