Q: Why don't we hear more about cryoablation as a treatment for prostate cancer? It appears to be much easier than major surgery, so it seems like it would be a good option. What does the procedure ...

Cryosurgery is a localized treatment that uses extreme cold from liquid nitrogen or argon gas to treat abnormal tissue, ...

PAX3-FKHR and PAX7-FKHR Gene Fusions Are Prognostic Indicators in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma: A Report From the Children’s Oncology Group PURPOSE: To determine the long-term disease-specific survival ...

Dear Doctors: Why don’t we hear more about cryoablation as a treatment for prostate cancer? It appears to be much easier than major surgery, so it seems like it would be a good option. What does the ...

Dr. David Levy answers the question: 'Urinary Incontinence After Cryosurgery?' March 16, 2009 -- Question: Will I have urinary incontinence after cryosurgery? Answer: The general risk of leakage of ...

When it comes to cancer treatment, several options come to mind, such as chemotherapy, surgery, and or radiation; however, there is another option that may prove to be as effective. Through the use of ...

Duke University Heath Systems is offering a procedure to treat prostate cancer that helps reduce the common risks of other treatments for the disease. Last summer, 74-year-old Robert Bryant Sr.

There is no single, diagnostic test. Doctors make a diagnosis based on various measures. This can include a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test and a scan, as well as a biopsy, which involves ...

Surgeons listened in wonderment when Dr. Irving S. Cooper first described his “ice scalpel” and a new way to shoot liquid nitrogen through the brain to freeze part of the thalamus as a treatment for ...