Surf these sites: Cryo Forum -- A Forum for sharing knowledge among Cryosurgeons; but not restricted to them. Many abstracts and papers included in various cryosurgical specialities. CryoSurgery for Prostate Cancer -- Good pictures, diagrams, and explanation of prostate cryosurgery for patients. Part of the prostate cancer site of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Cryomedical Cell Suicide Following Cryosurgery -- Research summary of discovery that standard cryosurgical methods cause gene-activated apoptosis near the surgical site. This might be a general clue to some kinds of freezing damage. By John G. Baust, Ph.D. and Robert Van Buskirk, Ph.D Cryomedical Sciences, Inc. -- Medical device and research company which markets the CMS AccuProbeŽ systems, cryosurgical devices developed for the controlled ablation of malignant and benign tissue in the body via liquid nitrogen. Also new research into the nature of cell death. Associated with cryobiologist John Baust, in Rockville, Maryland. Cryosurgery (Catholic University) -- Focused on bone cancer treatments, with a short time-line of cryosurgery history. Cryosurgery in the Treatment of Prostate Cancer -- Article by Duke K. Bahn, MD. Part of the Cancer News on the Net. Cryosurgical Ablation Of The Prostate: TwoYear ProstateSpecific Antigen And Biopsy Results -- A 1995 paper by Cohen, Miller, Rooker, and Shuman at Medical College of Pennsylvania. Cryosurgical Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer (T1-T4): Preliminary Results -- A 1996 paper by Katsuto Shinohara, John A. Connolly, Joseph C. Presti Jr. and Peter R. Carroll. Cryotherapy For Devastating Eye Disease -- April 14, 1996 article about cryotherapy to prevent blindness in children with severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), from the Children''s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cryotherapy for Prostate Cancer -- Good layman''s summary from University of California School of Medicine. Cryotherapy for hepatic colorectal carcinoma metastases -- Cryotherapy for liver tumors secondary to colon cancer. Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri Health Sciences Center. Cryotherapy of the liver -- Hepatic cancer treatment at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Brief article. Endocare -- Manufacturer of CryoCare surgical systems and probes for cryoablation of prostate cancer. Iceballs Index Page -- A fine index of links to papers and sites dealing with prostate cryosurgery and general cryosurgery. Percutaneous Prostate Cryoablation -- Detailed but very readable summary of the state of the art as of early 1995. Proceedings from the 10th World Congress of Cryosurgery -- Links to over 100 summaries of papers presented in 1998. Prostate Cancer News and Literature- Ablin Foundation -- This page provides a convenient list of medical information sources pertaining to prostate cancer, PSA, and cryosurgery. The strength is that searches of news sources and of Medline are pre-configured to search for current news and literature about prostate cancer and cryosurgery. Prostate Center at Crittenton Hospital -- Click on "Cryotherapy" for a clear layman''s explanation of the surgical procedure and expected outcomes. "Publications 1 and 2" detail studies of the results of prostate cryoablation. From Crittenton Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota. Questions and Answers About Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment -- Good general introduction from the National Cancer Institute. (1-97) US-guided Percutaneous Cryoablation of Prostate Cancer -- Detailed and technical discussion of how cryosurgery for prostate cancer is performed. By Duke K. Bahn, et. al. (Also known as "How I Do It") Reprinted from RADIOLOGY, September 1994.
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