[Effect of high-power pulse laser radiation on experimental tumor metastasis]

Under study was the effect of the energy density and pulse duration of laser radiation on metastasization of Lewis carcinoma and melanoma B16. It was shown that laser irradiation of blastomas, the energy density of the former not exceeding 400 joule/cm2 and the pulse duration being 1 msec, not only fails to contribute to tumor proliferation but, on the contrary, somewhat reduces the number of pulmonary metastases. The phenomenon of such kind is observed in simultaneous rise of the energy density up to 800 joule/cm2 and lengthening of the pulse up to 6 msec.