For breast cancer patients, aggressive surgical operations has been the only option for many years. Today, thanks to the new technological developments, the vast majority of breast cancers can be treated with cryoablation. In this method, a cryo needle is inserted from the skin and placed into the center of the tumor under local anesthesia and ultrasound guidance. Then the tumor and the surrounding 1cm normal tissue is killed by freezing at -140 degrees. Recent studies have shown that the local recurrence rate is less than the surgical... read full review »