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Needle and frost in kidney cancer. Urologists at the ŚCO have implemented cryoablation of kidney tumors

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Published Nov. 29, 2024 11:55

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Urologists from the Świętokrzyskie Oncology Center have performed the first percutaneous cryoablation of kidney tumors in patients with cancer of this organ in the Świętokrzyskie region. There are only a few centers in Poland performing such procedures.

- We are committed to operating on kidney cancer patients radically, with the least possible invasiveness. With the traditional method, one would have to cut the shells, while now we can perform the surgery percutaneously and perform radical treatment of the kidney tumor," explains Prof. Stanisław Góźdź, director of the Świętokrzyskie Oncology Center.

Transcatheter cryoablations of renal tumors were performed on November 5 and 19, 2024, by interdisciplinary teams consisting of urologists, radiologists, a surgical nurse and ŚCO electroradiology technicians. Dr. Andrzej Niewczas and Dr. Łukasz Niedziela from the ŚCO Urology Department were assisted by Dr. Dawid Dopierała and Dr. Damian Kopycki, radiologists from the ŚCO Imaging Diagnostics Department.

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