It has been learnt that when freezing is combined with hormonal therapy and radiation, patients can have nearly 100 per cent of their tumors destroyed, and if the tumors do return, patients can be treated with cryoablation multiple times to control growth. TheHealthSite.com
"For patients who have larger tumors but can't undergo surgery, this approach could be more effective," interventional radiologist Yolanda Bryce, M.D. said
Researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York have conducted a successful study using cryoablation, or freezing, to treat breast cancer.