title: [Pulsed laser radiation in the treatment of recurrences of breast cancer].
abstract: Radiation from a pulsed laser installation Pulsar - 1000 (wavelength - 1.060 nm. pulse duration - 1 ms) was used in the treatment of 87 recurrences of breast cancer in 31 patients. Fluence ranged 300-450 J/cm2 depending on the depth of recurrence. No recurrence of the first relapse was registered within six months - three years after exposure to laser radiation. Pulsed laser radiation was shown to be an effective means of treatment of localized relapse of breast cancer which does not involve musculature or thoracic wall. Laser therapy should be considered a method of choice in patients who have previously undergone radiation treatment as well as in cases of clusters of advancing relapse. Laser treatment of recurrent breast cancer may be conducted in conjunction with chemo - or hormone therapy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Impul'snoe lazernoe izluchenie v lechenii retsidivov raka molochnoi zhelezy.