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NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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laser therapy  listen  (LAY-zer THAYR-uh-pee)

  Treatment that uses intense, narrow beams of light to cut and destroy tissue, such as cancer tissue. Laser therapy may also be used to reduce lymphedema (swelling caused by a buildup of lymph fluid in tissue) after breast cancer surgery.