BACKGROUND Fibrosis can enhance the exacerbation of lymphedema, which becomes obvious in late stage II-III lymphedema. However, whether far-infrared radiation thermotherapy (FIRT) can cure lymphedema fibrosis is still lack of research. This research was to investigate the therapeutic effect of FIRT on tissue fibrosis in the treatment of Late stage II-III lymphedema. METHODS Patients accepted ...

Laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT) is a hyperthermic procedure recently employed to treat cancer in several organs. The amount of coagulated tissue depends on the temperature distribution around the applicator, which plays a crucial role for an optimal outcome: the removal of the whole neoplastic tissue, whilst preventing damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. Although feedback concerning ti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of chemoreduction alone and chemoreduction with thermotherapy for macular retinoblastoma. DESIGN Prospective, nonrandomized, single-center case series. SETTING Ocular Oncology Service at Wills Eye Hospital of Thomas Jefferson University in conjunction with the Division of Oncology at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pa). PARTICIPANTS There w...

Abstract Mn-Zn ferrite has been widely used in cancer therapy. In this paper, CNTs/Mn-Zn composites with different CNT contents were synthesized using the co-precipitation process and then sintered into bulk materials by SPS. The nanoparticles have good heating temperature control effects under an alternating magnetic field. Furthermore, thermoelectric properties. correlation between mechanism ...

Optoacoustic (photoacoustic) technique is a novel diagnostic platform that can be used for noninvasive measurements of physiologic variables, functional imaging, and hemodynamic monitoring. This technique is based on generation and time-resolved detection of optoacoustic (thermoelastic) waves generated in tissue by short optical pulses. This provides probing of tissues and individual blood vess...

We investigated the penetration and thermotherapy efficiency of different surface coated gold nanorods (Au NRs) in multicellular tumor spheroids. The current data show that negatively charged Au NRs, other than positively charged Au NRs, can penetrate deep into the tumor spheroids and achieve a significant thermal therapeutic benefit.