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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: Seal on January 29, 2009, 09:10:17 am

Title: New Laser Technology
Post by: Seal on January 29, 2009, 09:10:17 am

Does anyone have any first hand knowledge of this new technology for laser surgery on tumors?    This sounds like a huge jump in minimizing the invasive surgery. 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/19/laser.surgery/index.html

Title: Re: New Laser Technology
Post by: GRACE1 on January 29, 2009, 09:17:58 am

I had not heard of this, but it sounds very exciting and promising.

Grace

Title: Re: New Laser Technology
Post by: sgerrard on January 29, 2009, 10:17:50 am

This came up in an earlier topic:
http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=8322.0

Not much solid info, but I think the answer is that so far it is not used on ANs.

Steve

Title: Re: New Laser Technology
Post by: wendysig on January 30, 2009, 07:23:20 am

Quote from: sgerrard on January 29, 2009, 10:17:50 am

This came up in an earlier topic:
http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=8322.0

Not much solid info, but I think the answer is that so far it is not used on ANs.]

I've read about this before and it sounds like it has exciting possibilities.  Perhaps eventually it will be used to treat ANs.  If so, I will be very happy for those who are treated in this manner.

Wendy