Cryoablation: A Break Through for Breast Cancer?
Overview
Cryoablation for cancer is a treatment to kill cancer cells with extreme cold.
During cryoablation, a thin, wandlike needle (cryoprobe) is inserted through your skin and directly into the cancerous tumor. A gas is pumped into the cryoprobe in order to freeze the tissue.
Cryoablation is sometimes used as a primary treatment for:
Bone cancer
Cervical cancer
Eye cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
Prostate cancer
Cryoablation is also used to relieve the pain and other symptoms caused by cancer that spreads to the bone (bone metastasis) or other organs. Cryoablation for cancer may also be called percutaneous cryoablation, cryosurgery or cryotherapy