Abstract
Following the penetration of the ceramics probe of the ND: YAG laser into the tumor, the laserthermia was applied in combination with the conventional therapy in patients with head and neck cancer. The combination of laserthermia and CDDP chemotherapy was found to give a much better cytocidal effect on the tumor tissue in nude mice inplanted with human thyroid cancer cells. In a clinical study on 6 cases showed complete remission after combined treatments of laserthermia. and radiochemotherapy.
Both exmental and clinical results were indicated that laserthermia would be expected one of the multidisciplinary procedures treating head and neck cancer.
