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Cryoablation and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

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Prostate Cancer

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 175))

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Abstract

The fight against prostate cancer goes beyond radical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy. Temperature can also kill cells and proves to be highly successful in this war on prostate cancer. There is no known insensitivity to extremely low or extremely high temperatures.

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    Chris D’Hont MD

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D’Hont, C. (2007). Cryoablation and High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound. In: Ramon, J., Denis, L.J. (eds) Prostate Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 175. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-40901-4_12

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