What is laser therapy for lung cancer?
Your sister may have a tumour growing inside an airway that is causing a blockage or partial blockage. This can cause • Difficulty breathing • Repeated infections • A collapse of the part of the lung that the airway leads toA laser is a very strong, fine beam of light that is very hot. Lasers can be used as a form of surgery. The laser light acts like a scalpel and can be used to cut away part of a tumour that is causing a blockage. Your sister will have an anaesthetic first. While she is asleep, the doctor will put a bronchoscopy tube down her throat. The laser tube goes down inside the bronchoscopy tube. When it is in the right place, the surgeon can switch on the laser light and cut away the tumour that is causing the blockage. Lasers are useful for surgery because they seal off blood vessels while they cut. So there isn’t any bleeding afterwards. In fact, this treatment usually has remarkably few side effects. Laser treatment can be repeated if the tumour grows back. Your sister ma
