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Some Laser Therapy Shown to Encourage Melanoma Growth

Posted: December 14, 2009

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Story source: Adapted from materials provided by BioMed Central, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.

Journal reference: Lucio Frigo, Juliana SS Luppi, Giovani M Favero, Durvanei A Maria, Socrates C Penna, Jan M Bjordal, Rene J Bensadoun and Rodrigo Alvaro Lopes Martins. The effect of low-level laser irradiation (Ga-Al-AsP - 660nm) on in vitro and in vivo melanoma. BMC Cancer, 2009; (in press)

ScienceDaily.com, November 20, 2009