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 …

Survival outcomes in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT): A systematic review

N Montemurro, Y Anania, F Cagnazzo… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To study the role of laser interstitial thermal therapy in recurrent glioblastoma and
to assess its effect in the overall survival and in progression-free survival. Methods A …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy

KG Holste, DA Orringer - Neuro-oncology advances, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is becoming an increasingly popular
technique for the treatment of brain lesions. More minimally invasive that open craniotomy …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the innate immunological effects of mild magnetic hyperthermia on U87 human glioblastoma cells: an in vitro study

S Persano, F Vicini, A Poggi, JLC Fernandez… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer immunotherapies have been approved as standard second-line or in some cases
even as first-line treatment for a wide range of cancers. However, immunotherapy has not …

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 …

Improved MR thermometry for laser interstitial thermotherapy

H Odéen, DL Parker - Lasers in surgery and medicine, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To develop, test and evaluate improved 2D and 3D protocols for proton
resonance frequency shift magnetic resonance temperature imaging (MRTI) of laser …

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 …

Comparable safety profile between neuro-oncology procedures involving stereotactic needle biopsy (SNB) followed by laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) and …

M Sharma, TH Do, EF Palzer, JD Huling… - Journal of neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Tissue diagnosis through stereotactic needle biopsy (SNB) is often needed prior
to laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT). Whether these procedures should be performed 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 …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Alkazemi, YT Lo, H Hussein, M Mammi, S Saleh… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive treatment option
for intracranial tumors that are challenging to treat via traditional methods; however, its …