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...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this review is to demonstrate the clinical indications, technical developments, and outcome of liver-directed therapies in interventional oncology of non-colorectal liver metastases. METHODS Liver-directed therapies are classified into vascular transarterial techniques such as chemoperfusion (TACP), chemoembolization (TACE), radioembolization (selective internal radi...

Abstract BACKGROUND Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) is a novel treatment for brain metastases (BMs), and data regarding radiologic changes long-term efficacy sparse. This study explored volumetric in responding non-responding BMs their associations with lesion-specific progression-free survival (PFS-L). METHODS Patients treated LITT were retrospectively enrolled. 3D volumes-of-interes...

Abstract INTRODUCTION Adult midline gliomas are rare entities, with a scarcity of available clinical data. These patients have variable courses, limited evidence to predict outcomes. Emerging suggests that biomolecular profiles may play significant role in outcomes, so tissue diagnosis is key component management. However, the cytoreductive therapy, such as Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (L...

In recent years endoscopically controlled laser-induced thermal therapy (LITT) has been increasingly accepted as a minimally invasive method for palliation of advanced or recurrent head and neck or gastrointestinal cancer. Previous studies have shown that adjuvant chemotherapy can potentiate endoscopic laser thermal ablation of obstructing tumors leading to improved palliation in advanced cance...

Thermal therapy is a very promising alternative treatment for benign tumor, in which the temperature control key issue to avoid unwanted thermal damage of healthy tissue. However, active methods usually require assistance real-time and accurate monitoring devices. Even though, lag inevitable. Therefore, present work, passive method proposed improve uniformity distribution inside tumorous tissue...

Introduction:  Laser  interstitial  thermotherapy  (LITT)  is  an  internal  ablation  therapy  method  consisting of a percutaneous or intraoperative insertion of laser fibers directly into the liver tumor with  maximum diameter of 5 cm. In this treatment method, there isn’t any general information about the  relationship  between  increasing  the  exposure  power,  coagulation  and  carboniza...