CRYOLUMPECTOMY FOR BREAST CANCER: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.
Author(s) : RAND R. W.
Type of article: Article
Summary
THE AUTHORS PRESENT EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THAT CRYOSURGICAL PROCEDURES INVOLVING MULTIPLE FREEZE-THAW CYCLES FOLLOWED BY TUMOUR EXCISION MARKEDLY REDUCE THE LOCAL RECURRENCE RATE OF MOUSE MAMMARY CANCER. SURGICAL RESECTION WITHOUT CRYOTREATMENT RESULTED IN AN 80% LOCAL RECURRENCE RATE ; IN CONTRAST, THREE FREEZE-THAW CYCLES BEFORE EXCISION PREVENTED LOCAL TUMOUR RECURRENCE IN 70% OF THE ANIMALS. THE USE OF CRYOTHERAPY AND LOCAL EXCISION (CRYOLUMPECTOMY) IN THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN BREAST CANCER IS DISCUSSED.
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- Original title: CRYOLUMPECTOMY FOR BREAST CANCER: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.
- Record ID : 1986-1723
- Languages: English
- Source: Cryobiology - vol. 22 - n. 4
- Publication date: 1985
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- Themes: Cryomedicine and cryosurgery
- Keywords: Cancer; Tumour; Cryoimmunology; Cryosurgery
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