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Prostate Cancer
Frequently Asked Questions
22. What kinds of treatments for prostate
cancer are being developed?
Through research, doctors are trying to find new, more effective
ways to treat prostate cancer. Cryosurgery -- destroying cancer by
freezing it -- is under study as an alternative to surgery and
radiation therapy. To avoid damaging healthy tissue, the doctor
places an instrument known as a cryoprobe in direct contact with
the tumor to freeze it. (Answer continues on next
page.)
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