Thursday 13 April 2017

Laser interstitial thermotherapy application for breast surgery: Current situation and new trends

Laser interstitial thermotherapy application for breast surgery: Current situation and new trends
Kerbage,Y et al
The Breast: June 2017Volume 33, Pages 145–152

While breast specialists debate on therapeutic de-escalation in breast cancer, the treatment of benign lesions is also discussed in relation to new percutaneous ablation techniques. The purpose of these innovations is to minimize potential morbidity. Laser Interstitial ThermoTherapy (LITT) is an option for the ablation of targeted nodules. This review evaluated the scientific publications investigating the LITT approach in malignant and benign breast disease. Three preclinical studies and eight clinical studies (2 studies including fibroadenomas and 6 studies including breast cancers) were reviewed.