title: The role of cryosurgery in palliative care for cancer.
abstract: Cryosurgery as one of the ablation methods is performed intraoperatively, laparoscopically or percutaneously, is especially adapted for ablation of prostate cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, breast cancer, benign fibroadenomas of breast, uterine tumors and neoplasms of soft tissue. Compared with other ablation methods (such as radiofrequency and microwave ablation), cryoablation has several advantages on therapeutic efficacy, imaging guidance and modality.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicine, No. 2 Tangdexi Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510305, China. niuboshi1966@yahoo.com.cn.
authors.forename: Lizhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Affiliated Fuda Hospital, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Science, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510305, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Affiliated Fuda Hospital, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Science, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510305, China.
authors.forename: Kecheng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Affiliated Fuda Hospital, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Science, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510305, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mu
keywords: Cryosurgery; kidney cancer; liver cancer; lung cancer; prostate cancer