Category: Treatment

Cryosurgery is a technique that uses extreme cold to destroy cancer cells. It involves applying liquid nitrogen or argon gas to the cancerous tissue, freezing and killing the abnormal cells

A sentinel lymph node biopsy involves identifying, removing, and examining the sentinel lymph nodes, which are the first nodes to which cancer cells are likely to spread from a primary tumor

A gastrectomy involves the removal of part or all of the stomach

An esophagectomy involves removing part or all of the esophagus. There are different approaches to this surgery, depending on the location and extent of the tumor

A partial nephrectomy involves removing the cancerous tumor or diseased tissue from the kidney while preserving as much of the healthy kidney as possible