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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(18):1464-1466; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.18.1464
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 18, 1464-1466, September 20, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Cancer Cryosurgery Potentially ‘Hot’ For Patients, New Markets

Lou Fintor

The three pillars of cancer treatment—surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation—are being augmented and in some cases replaced by a new twist on an old idea: destroying tumors by flash freezing.

Debuting in the 1960s, cryosurgery was initially viewed as a promising new method of attacking cancer cells, but clinicians soon discovered they had difficulty guiding and controlling the freezing process. Such imprecision often resulted in the destruction of too much adjacent normal tissue, and the technique was quickly abandoned.

But by marrying military technology developed to cool missile guidance systems with advances in medical imaging such as ultrasound, computerized tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, cryosurgery is emerging as not only a viable but in some cases a more favorable alternative for treating cancers . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Less Invasive Approach

Cost and Outcome Advantages

Breast Cancer Application?

Liver, Renal Cancers


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