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 ...

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 ...

Through cryotherapy, patients can go home on the same day of treatment; however, due to the requirement of specialized equipment, Heitman can only do the procedure from the operating room.

Think of prostate cancer surgery and what likely comes to mind is a radical prostatectomy, which is an operation to remove the entire prostate gland along with the seminal vesicles that produce semen.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. In 2003, experts predict that more than 200,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with the cancer. Surgeons have used intense heat to treat ...

TAMPA, Fla. (March 16, 2010)—Cryotherapy, an interventional radiology treatment to freeze cancer tumors, may become the treatment of the future for cancer that has metastasized in soft tissues (such ...

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 ...