Freezing Bone Cancer Tumors Reduces Pain

November 28th, 2007 | Category: Cancer

Cryoablation, a procedure most commonly associated with destroying kidney and prostate tumors by freezing them, has been shown to offer durable pain relief of cancer that has spread to bone. The procedure freezes and shrinks or destroys cancerous tumors in or near bone. “Cancer

patients are living longer and we need to be able to manage their pain by a distant period of moment,” says Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D. [click link for full article]

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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