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COPYRIGHT 2002 International Medical News Group
CHICAGO -- The use of cryotherapy to ablate breast fibroadenomas appears to provide a safe and effective alternative to surgery, Dr. Peter Littrup said at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
In an observational study involving 26 patients aged 13-54 years, Dr. Littrup of Wayne State University, Detroit, and his colleagues froze a total of 38 fibroadenoma masses, none of which were larger than 4 cm.
Ultrasound follow-up over at least 12 months showed a slow retraction of the fibroadenoma, and...
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