Percutaneous cryoablation of breast tumors in patients with stable metastatic breast cancer: safety, feasibility and efficacy.

CONCLUSION: These results show that the cryoablation of primary breast lesions seems to be well suited to the palliative care of metastatic patients, particularly because of its good tolerance, low complication rate, and ability to provide local or analgesic control. Advances in knowledge: Therapies are limited for these painful patients at metastatic state of primary breast tumor. This study shows that cryoablation in palliative care is achievable in common practice, is effective in local control of the tumor, and can provide immediate and long term analgesic control. PMID: 29243490 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Radiology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research