Hyperthermia treatment advances for brain tumors

GP Skandalakis, DR Rivera, CD Rizea… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Hyperthermia therapy (HT) of cancer is a well-known treatment approach. With the advent of
new technologies, HT approaches are now important for the treatment of brain tumors. We …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy in gliomas

O Bozinov, Y Yang, MF Oertel, MC Neidert, P Nakaji - Cancer letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has been used for brain metastasis, epilepsy, and
necrosis, as well as gliomas as a minimally invasive treatment for many years. With the …

Radical laser interstitial thermal therapy ablation volumes increase progression-free survival in biopsy-proven radiation necrosis

E Luther, D McCarthy, A Shah, A Semonche… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Treatment for surgically inaccessible medically refractory cerebral radiation
necrosis (RN) has remained limited. Recently, laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of brain metastases and radiation necrosis

DC de Almeida Bastos, J Weinberg, VA Kumar… - Cancer Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Stereotactic Radiosurgery has become the main treatment for patients with limited number of
brain metastases (BM). Recently, with the increasing use of this modality, there is a growth in …

The use of laser interstitial thermal therapy in the treatment of brain metastases: a literature review

DCA Bastos, DT Fuentes, J Traylor… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The aim of this paper is to discuss the current evidence for Laser Interstitial Thermal
Therapy (LITT) in the treatment of brain metastases, our current recommendations for patient …

Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for posterior fossa neoplasms

O Ashraf, G Arzumanov, E Luther, JT McMahon… - Journal of neuro …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has been
increasingly used to treat a number of intracranial pathologies, though its use in the …

[HTML][HTML] Laser interstitial thermal therapy as an adjunct therapy in brain tumors: a meta-analysis and comparison with stereotactic radiotherapy

SA de Franca, WM Tavares, ASM Salinet… - Surgical neurology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Minimally invasive procedures are gaining widespread acceptance in difficult-
to-access brain tumor treatment. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is the preferred choice …

LITT for Metastatic In-Field Recurrence

N Sujijantarat, SF Danish, VL Chiang - Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in …, 2020 - Springer
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) offers a minimally invasive approach to the treatment
of both regrowth of brain metastases and/or radiation necrosis following radiosurgery …