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Pioneering Breast Cancer Treatment Freezes Tumors, Killing Harmful Tissue

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Pioneering Breast Cancer Treatment Freezes Tumors, Killing Harmful Tissue
Surgery may soon be a thing of the past for breast cancer patients, thanks to a new technique that destroys tumors by freezing them. A supercooled needle tip is repeatedly inserted into the cancerous tissue to turn it into a ball of ice, before it is then defrosted, leaving the tumor damaged.

Surgery may soon be a thing of the past for breast cancer patients, thanks to a new technique that destroys tumors by freezing them.

A supercooled needle tip is repeatedly inserted into the cancerous tissue to turn it into a ball of ice, before it is then defrosted, leaving the tumor damaged.

Not requiring anesthetic, the technique, developed by Israeli researchers, can be completed in about 15 minutes.

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