Doctors at the mayo clinic are using a Process known as MRI-guided laser ablation to fight kidney and
liver tumors . They are said to be among the first American doctors to use the process against the cancers.
Until now,doctors in the united states have used laser ablation mainly to treat tumors of the brain, spine
and prostate.
Liver cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world . it is also the third leading cause of cancer
death worldwide, Many liver cancer patient are too sick to survive traditional treatments. Like
chemotherapy and radiation. Even if they could, medical experts say these treatments only provide a
small increase in life expectancy.
Eric Walser is an interventional radiologist with the mayo clinic in florida. He was one of the first
radiologist to use the MRI-guided laser ablation procedure to treat kidney and liver tumors.
he say the process makes it possible for doctors to target and destroy tumors without damaging the rest of
the organ.
Patient are placed inside an MRI machine. They are given a drug to keep them from moving during the
procedure. A special needle is inserted directly into the tumor and light energy is passed through a laser.
The MRI machine can measure the temperature inside the tumor. Doctors are able to watch a monitor
showing the temperature rising. When the tumor is heated to the point of destruction, the laser is turned
off. The whole process lasts about two and half minutes.
Doctors walser first used the MRI-guided laser procedure in june. The mayo clinic reported that he had
successfully treated five patients by the middle of October.
Earlier this year,doctors at the mayo clinic in Minnesota used MRI-guided laser ablation to remove
tumors of the prostate. Doctor david woodrum has successfully treated seven prostate patient with the
procedure. He says it provides for a less invasive and less traumatic experience.
The process is still being developed, but doctors say it could prove to be successfully for treating most
cancers in the body. The doctors say it should only be used on tumors that are less than five centimeters
in size.
Questions
pertanyaan :
1. Apa ide utama pada paragraf ketiga ?
2.
Apa kelemahan dari kemoterapi dan radiasi untuk mengobati kanker hati ?
3.
4.
5.
Apa arti kata " dia " dalam paragraph empat mengacu kepada ?
Answer
1. The main idea of paragraph 3 is lever cancer is one of the most common cancer of the world
2. Weakness of chemotherapy and radiation that may only be used on tumors that are less than five
centimeters in size.
3. The advantage of using MRI-guided laser ablation to treat liver cancer that allow physicians to
target and destroy the tumor without damaging the rest of the organ.
4. The fifth paragraph describes the procedure and how the MRI machine from patients placed in
the MRI machine, and then given drugs to keep them from moving during the procedure. A
special needle is inserted directly into the tumor and the laser light energy is passed through.
5. The word "he" in the fourth paragraph refers to Eric Walser as a first interventional radiologist
with the mayo clinic in florida that use laser ablation procedure MRI - guided to treat kidney and
liver tumors.
Jawaban
1. Gagasan utama paragraf 3 adalah kanker hati adalah salah satu kanker yang paling umum di
dunia
2. Kelemahan dari kemoterapi dan radiasi yang mungkin hanya dapat digunakan pada tumor yang
kurang dari lima sentimeter dalam ukuran.
3. Keuntungan menggunakan MRI-dipandu ablasi laser untuk mengobati kanker hati yang
memungkinkan dokter untuk menargetkan dan menghancurkan tumor tanpa merusak sisa organ.
4. Paragraf kelima menjelaskan prosedur dan cara kerja mesin MRI mulai dari pasien di tempatkan
di dalam mesin MRI,kemudian diberi obat untuk menjaga mereka dari bergerak selama prosedur.
Sebuah jarum khusus dimasukkan langsung ke tumor dan energi cahaya dilewatkan melalui
laser.
5. Kata "dia" dalam paragraph ke empat mengacu kepada Eric Walser sebagai seorang ahli
radiologi pertama intervensi dengan klinik mayo di florida yang menggunakan prosedur ablasi
laser MRI - dipandu untuk mengobati tumor ginjal dan hati .