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Tumor
"Freeze" Improves Prostate Cancer Outcome
(Chicago, Reuters Health, 11/27/01)
Dr. Gary M. Onik, Director of the Center for Surgical
Advancement, Florida Hospital, Celebration, Florida reports
that focused cryosurgery, a freezing technique that can be
done on an out-patient basis, may be a good option for some
prostate cancer patients. This technique, which destroys the
tumor by cooling it far below freezing, is not as likely to
cause impotency as conventional surgery because it involves
less nerve damage.
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