[Laser ablation of brain tumors now available in the Nordic countries]

Lakartidningen. 2020 Sep 14:117:19260.
[Article in Swedish]

Abstract

Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) is used to treat patients with intracranial lesions such as epileptogenic foci, radiation necrosis, cavernomas and brain tumors in the United States. The approval for this treatment in Europe has first been granted in 2018, with the first treatment(s) in the Nordic countries - in the form of 3 brain tumor patients - performed at the Karolinska University Hospital in 2019. In this article we briefly describe our initial experience in the context of current literature.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms* / therapy
  • Europe
  • Humans
  • Laser Therapy*
  • Radiation Injuries*
  • Scandinavian and Nordic Countries