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Cryotherapy May Be Effective Against Prostate Cancer

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in prostate cryotherapy | No Comments »

Cryotherapy is a tissue-freezing procedure. That means thin needles are placed into the prostate through which super-cooled argon gas is circulated -- reducing the temperature to up to -150 degrees centigrade. The technique freezes the prostate, killing the cancer it contains. Cryotherapy ...