November 28th, 2007
While cryoablation is working wonders in kidney cancer patients will unoperable tumors, the procedure has been found to offer durable pain relief of cancer that has spread to the bone – according to Mayo Clinic.
According to Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D., a radiologist at Mayo Clinic who presented his latest findings on cryoablation for pain management […]
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March 5th, 2007
The nonsurgical image-guided treatment of kidney tumors — cryoablation - - is as effective as the laparoscopic technique in viable candidates.
Such is the research finding recently reported at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting.
The comparative trial shows that percutaneous cryoablation results in a slightly lower recurrence rate of the tumor, a shorter […]
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December 23rd, 2006
Watchful waiting is tha concept where cancer patients are suggested to wait and see their disease’s progress before subjecting themseleves to any curative treatment option such as surgery or radiation.
While watchful waiting is being recommended by advocates of personalized cancer treatment, a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this […]
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