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Laser Saves Voice Quality of Vocal Cord Cancer Patients
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) are using precision lasers to effectively treat early vocal cord cancers without reducing the patient’s voice quality. The pulsed Potassium-Titanyl-Phosphate laser being used at MGH is an angiolytic laser that uses wavelengths of laser light to specifically target diseased cells without damaging healthy vocal cord tissue. A team led [...]
click here to read full article...Camera Pill Captures Early Signs of Esophageal Cancer
Scientists at the University of Washington have developed a tiny, inexpensive camera small enough to be placed inside a pill and swallowed. The new technology could allow doctors to easily spot signs of early esophageal cancer — without the use of sedation. Thanks to increased awareness and better diagnostic tools, rates for many cancers in [...]
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