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The oncologist will find himself confused in experimental animal work with lasers unless he has training in laser technology and expert advice and suggestions. This has been the pattern today in cooperative studies of laser research of experimental cancer in animals as illustrated by the pioneering studies of McGuff and his group, by Klein and Fine and their associates, by Minton and Ketcham and by Rounds and Chamberlin. These exellent basic investigations both in laser radiation of tissue cultures of malignant cells and of experimental cancer in animals have shown varied patterns of effects of laser on cancer. According to Fine and Klein, the effect of the laser treatment of cancer in animals has extended “... from complete regression to accelerated deterioration of the tumorbearing host.” Again, these experiments show, as expected, that the color and consistencey of tissue affects the results.
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Goldman, L. (1967). Laser Treatment of Experimental Animal Cancer. In: Biomedical Aspects of the Laser. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85797-3_17
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