At this year's ABEA annual meeting the researchers received the organization's Broyles Maloney Award for their successful development of this innovative, minimally - invasive strategy for
treating vocal cord cancer.
Not exact matches
In addition, Zeitels notes, the treatment's mechanism of eradicating the blood vessels supplying a tumor — highly effective for conventional
vocal -
cord cancer — is even more useful for
treating tumors caused by HPV infection, which are characterized by an excessive overgrowth of blood vessels.
«Use of the KTP laser, which eradicates blood vessels in a process called photoangiolysis, was conceived to
treat vascular malformations in infants» delicate skin; but we have demonstrated that this specialized laser is especially effective in
treating vocal -
cord cancer,» says Zeitels.