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For people who are too sick to have surgery, other approaches such as ablation procedures can sometimes be used to destroy kidney tumors. Learn more here.
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Ablation refers to local methods that destroy the tumor without removing it.
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Cryosurgery (also called cryotherapy or cryoablation) is sometimes used to treat early stage prostate cancer by freezing it. Learn about cryosurgery here.
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Some very early penile cancers (carcinoma in situ) can be treated with drugs applied directly on the penis.
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Ablation or embolization treatments are ways to destroy pancreatic tumors without surgery. Learn more here.
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Ablation or embolization treatments are ways to destroy pancreatic tumors without surgery. Learn more here.
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Treatments can often shrink or slow the growth of bone metastases and can help with any symptoms they are causing. But they usually do not make the metastases go away completely.
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Surgery is the earliest form of cancer treatment. Learn about how cancer surgery developed throughout history.
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This information represents the views of the doctors and nurses serving on the American Cancer Society's Cancer Information Database Editorial Board.
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The following sources were used in preparing our information about prostate cancer.