Minimally-Invasive Precision Treatment of Tumors: Current Status and Future Prospects

• Main Authors: Wei LI, Jing-xing LIU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Third Party Medicine International Publishing Group Co. Limited 2016-12-01
• Series: Journal of International Translational Medicine
• Subjects: Minimally-invasive techniques; Malignant tumor; Precision; Endoscopic treatment; Image-guided treatment
• Online Access: http://www.jitm.hk/EN/abstract/abstract224.shtml

Malignant tumors are common diseases that severely threaten people’s health, and also major diseases that lead to disability and early death. The treatment methods for malignant tumors worldwide mainly include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, etc., but the function of important organs may be damaged when the efficacy is obtained after application of extended radical resection, extended field irradiation and large-dose impact chemotherapy. With medical development, minimally-invasive techniques have been widely used in the treatment of tumors, and their application provides a new direction for tumor treatment. At present, the treatment mode of tumors has gradually entered into an era of pursuing minimal invasion and precision. The minimal invasion, precision and high efficacy are always proposed in the treatment of tumors, so open surgeries or some therapies that result in severe adverse reactions will be replaced gradually, or could be used as the alternatives. In this article, the characteristics and the latest research results of some major techniques were briefly reviewed in the minimally-invasive field.