Laser therapy of human benign and malignant neoplasms of the skin.

Radiation of a powerful neodymium-doped glass pulsed laser, Pulsar-1000 type, has been used for therapy of 235 patients with a total of 257 precancerous lesions and benign tumours, 76 basal and squamous cell carcinomas, 13 melanoblastomas and 59 metastatic melanoblastomas in the skin. Energy density used in the treatment of precancerous lesions and benign tumours was 200-450 J/cm2, in basal and squamous cell carcinomas 400-500 J/cm2, in melanoblastomas and their skin metastases 800-1 000 J/cm2. The results have been satisfactory.