By Daniel Martin
A method of destroying breast tumours by surrounding them with ice could offer hope of a safe non-surgical cure for the disease, research suggests.
The technique called cryotherapy is already used to treat prostate cancer.
It involves inserting several needle-like ‘cryoprobes’ into the tumour and passing super-cold gas through them.
The ice ball rapidly created around each site kills off the cancerous cells.
Freezing therapy has been tried before for breast cancer – but this is the first time a minimally invasive version, which requires no surgery, has been developed. Read More…
