Tuesday, January 28, 2003

7 Healthcast: Curing Kidney Tumors

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Doctors at Mass General Hospital are one-step closer to curing kidney tumors. Their research shows that a treatment, called Radio-Frequency Ablation, zaps the cancer with electrical currents causing the tumors to disintegrate. Doctors using this technique were able to eliminate 36 tumors completely. The study is in next month's issue of Radiology.

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