French neurosurgeons were able to commit a breakthrough in the field of cancer treatment. According to the specialist magazine "Neurosurgery", a group of doctors led by Professor Alexander Carpentier developed a methodology for the destruction of cancer cells in the human brain using laser technology.

 
"For the first time in intracranial procedures laser technology is used and makes it possible to avoid opening brain pan – explains Alexander Carpentier. - During the intervention all the information on the status of the patient's brain cells is provided in real time with the aid of MRI. The procedure requires only ordinary local anesthesia, and during the operation the patient remains conscious and after 14 hours can leave the hospital. "

 
In the lesion’s area of the brain through a three millimeter opening a fiber-optic catheter is introduced, which is directing the laser beam. Once the doctor isolates the tumor, he treats it with a laser. Electronic equipment allows to control the temperature of cells exposed so that it would not exceed 90 degrees Celsius.

15 patients attended the clinical trials conducted by scientists at the Paris hospital Pite-Salpetrier. Metastases developed in their brain as a result of a lung or breast cancer. Chemotherapy treatment and radiotherapy were inefficient, and the patients had no more than three months remained to live.

As reported by ITAR-TASS news agency, as a result of an experiment by Professor Carpentier in six cases the brain cancer cells were completely eliminated, allowing patients to extend their life for almost a year. In five cases, there has been a relapse after several months, still giving them more time than they had left without the procedure.