AuroLase Therapy

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** An ultra-focal tissue ablation therapy that utilizes optical tunability of nanoshell particles that generate heat in response to near-infrared wavelengths of light to thermally destroy solid tumors without damaging adjacent healthy tissue. The particles are delivered intravenously and accumulate in the tumor. Then the tumor is illuminated with a near-infrared laser, destroying the tumor and the blood vessels supplying it and sparing adjacent tissue.

**Synonyms:** - AuroLase