Risk of Tract Seeding Following Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The management of intracranial oncological disease remains a significant challenge despite advances in systemic cancer therapy. Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) represents a novel treatment for local control of brain tumors through photocoagulation with a stereotactically implanted laser fiber. Because the use of laser interstitial thermal therapy continues to increase within neurosurgery, characterization of LITT is necessary to improve outcomes.

Objective

To quantify the risk of tumor seeding along the laser fiber tract in patients receiving LITT for primary or metastatic brain tumors at a high-volume treatment center.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed all patients receiving LITT from 2015 to 2021 at our medical center. Patients with biopsy-con

SUBMITTER: Haskell-Mendoza AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553123 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature