A promising new treatment for early stage breast cancer recently wrapped up its first round of clinical trials.
The treatment "Novilase Breast Therapy"- or laser ablation, replaces traditional surgery.
"So
instead of excising the cancer, like we have traditionally done with
lumpectomies we can insert a laser fiber into the center of the cancer
and heat it thereby killing the cancer cells with heat as opposed to
surgically excising it," said Dr. Barbara Schwartzberg who led the
clinical trial at Rose Medical Center.
The trial participants came
from 11 institutions, including Rose. Most of the locations were across
the U.S. And that first clinical trial had a 91% success rate among
the patients.
Schwartzberg says instead of patients going to the
operating room, receiving anesthesia and a large scar after it's done;
this method is done as an outpatient procedure with local anesthesia and
excellent cosmetic outcome.
"Once they're done, they're up, band-aid, wrap, hug and they are on their way," says Schwartzberg.
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