Cancer Therapy
New study on CT-guided PLC can be effective for lung cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 30th, 2003
Endocare, Inc., a medical device company focused on the development of minimally invasive technologies for tissue and tumor ablation, announced that new clinical data presented at the 89th scientific assembly and annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago, Illinois, shows that CT-guided, percutaneous lung cryotherapy (PLC) can be very effective in treating lung cancer tumors and results in minimal patient discomfort and minimal damage to adjacent tissues.
The study, presented by Dr. Peter Littrup, professor of radiology at Wayne State School of Medicine, is a summary of the results of PLC performed on 187 patients with 234 total lesions; 217...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-12-30)
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