MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cryoablation'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3641020&cid=t_158412_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fprostate-cancer-what-you-should-know%2F2010.06.08 When Dennis Hopper died of prostate cancer at age 74, my husband asked me: “Hey, I thought prostate cancer is slow-growing and doesn’t kill men.” Well, he’s right about it usually being slow-growing, but prostate cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer death in men. His question made me realize that there are some facts that everyone should know about prostate cancer. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3641020 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:57:25 +0100 3641020 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808799&cid=t_158412_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmetastatic-liver-cancer%2F%7E3%2FSW52WubgqcE%2F All liver cancer treatments explained clearly. Starting from which 3 types of liver cancer exist, causes of primary liver cancer and hepatitis b and c prevention.   We explain all curative liver cancer treatment options and when they are used: resection, liver transplantation, PEI, RF, cryoablation, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and chemoembolisation.   Liver Cancer   There are 3 very different kind [...] (Source: Metastatic liver cancer) Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808799 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:00:22 +0100 3808799 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1057348&cid=t_158412_97_f&fid=35050&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmaGazette%2F%7E3%2F191967803%2Fcancer_pain_eased_by_freezing_tumors.html U.S researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochesteter, Minn. found that freezing tumors helped relieve the extreme pain associated with cancer that has spread to the bone.Cryoablation, the freezing process, is used to destroy kidney, prostate and other tumors, however, researchers found that it also eased the pain of cancer patients. The small study found that 80 percent of patients experiences significant pain reduction and that the effect lasted upto to six months. 34 patients who had been unable to get relief from conventional pain therapies were involved in the study. All had different primary cancers, including renal cell, ovarian, colorectal, thyroid and melanoma and all had cancer which had spread to the bone. Doctors used CT imaging scanners to guide needle-like probes to the tumor w... PharmaGazette blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1057348 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:00:33 +0100 1057348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1055807&cid=t_158412_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F191850016%2F While cryoablation is working wonders in kidney cancer patients will unoperable tumors, the procedure has been found to offer durable pain relief of cancer that has spread to the bone – according to Mayo Clinic. According to Matthew Callstrom, M.D., Ph.D., a radiologist at Mayo Clinic who presented his latest findings on cryoablation for pain management at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting this week (Nov. 27): “Cancer patients are living longer and we need to be able to manage their pain over a long period of time. Two key parts of this study are that the reduction in pain lasts and their quality of life improves after receiving the treatment.” Find more details from Mayo Clinic. Share This (Source: Cancer Commentary) Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1055807 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:02:02 +0100 1055807