Cryotherapy as an alternative intervention to surgical excision in the management of cancer of the rectum
Auteri, F.; Alessandro, L.
La Clinica Terapeutica 142(4): 347-350
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9074 PMID: 8330478 Document Number: 409876
For the time being, traditional surgery is still the best technique for rectal cancer. Alternative procedures such as cryosurgery prove valid in the case of inoperable subjects in poor general conditions, in aged patients or in the presence of widespread metastases. In the near future, cryosurgery is sure to meet with interesting developments.
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