Citation: Kunos CA (2016) Commentary: Phase I Trial of Carboplatin and Gemcitabine Chemotherapy and Stereotactic Ablative Radiosurgery for the Palliative Treatment of Persistent or Recurrent Gynecologic Cancer. Front. Oncol. 6:263. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00263 Commentary: Phase I trial of Carboplatin and Gemcitabine Chemotherapy and Stereotactic ablative radiosurgery for the Palliative treatmen...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Advances have occurred in the development of safe and effective ablative therapies for Barrett's esophagus. The aim of the current study was to perform an economic analysis evaluating the cost-effectiveness of endoscopic ablation of nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus. METHODS A Markov model evaluated three competing strategies in a hypothetical 50-year-old cohort with nondy...

BACKGROUND Striae Distensae (SD) is a very common dermatologic condition. We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of a novel non-ablative fractional 1565 nm laser (ResurFX) on the appearance of SD. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twelve Caucasian subjects with various stages of SD received three non-ablative laser treatments. Each treatment consisted of two different laser settings, in order to achie...

The ablative reactor may be employed to enable fast pyrolysis produce bio-oil from relatively large-sized biomass samples. Ablation mainly involves direct compressive force and conductive heat transfer between a hot surface the materials. Temperature evolution heating rates are important operating factors in thermal conversion process. In this work, experimental analytical investigations were c...

Skin laxity is an unavoidable consequence of aging and chronic sun exposure. Patients are increasingly turning to non-surgical skin tightening measures for a more youthful look. Non-surgical methods can be effective in treating mild moderate laxity, while offering decreased downtimes fewer serious complications than surgical interventions. This article reviews the major interventions laxity: ab...

introduction: radioiodine (131i) is an effective and inexpensive alternative to surgery in the treatment of thyroid hyperfunction. the debate today concerns the maximum and minimum ablative doses, and factors leading to hypothyroidism. patients & method: 1035 hyperthyroid patients treated with weight-adjusted ablative doses of 131i were retrospectively assessed for treatment outcome or corr...

Nonablative, or subsurface remodeling, is the newest approach to improving photodamaged skin. Because the degree of collagen remodeling is not as great as that of other, more destructive ablative approaches, the process can be ideal for individuals with limited time, wishing to improve (with lasers) the quality of their sun-damaged skin. In addition, nonablative laser systems may be used to mai...