Trial Tests new Procedure for Prostate Cancer Patients
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »For prostate cancer patients who fail radiation therapy, there have not been many treatment choices. A major clinical trial is underway to test a procedure to freeze cancerous cells called Salvage Cryo Therapy.The University of Colorado Cancer Center is the ...
Cryotherapy May Be Effective Against Prostate Cancer
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | 1 Comment »Cryotherapy is a tissue-freezing procedure. That means thin needles are placed into the prostate through which super-cooled argon gas is circulated -- reducing the temperature to up to -150 degrees centigrade. The technique freezes the prostate, killing the cancer it contains. Cryotherapy ...