Freezing Kidney Cancer: Hot Treatment Should Be New Gold Standard For Destroying Small Tumors

Saturday, March 14, 2009 - 21:21 in Health & Medicine

Freezing kidney tumors -- using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery -- should be the gold standard or first treatment option for all individuals with tumors that are 4 cm in size or smaller. And, this treatment -- interventional cryoablation -- is a viable option for people with larger tumors, according to two studies.

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