Researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiation’s Annual Scientific Meeting discussed a treatment that could freeze and destroy metastatic breast cancer tumors. Percutaneous cryoablation involves the use of tiny probes inserted with a catheter through a small incision in the skin, which is then guided to the tumors. Pressurized argon gas is applied, turning the tumors into balls of ice and killing them. The process is guided by medical imaging such as CT scan or ultrasound...
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