Cryoablation for Pain Management?

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.