Pioneering cancer treatment at Dunedin Hospital

A pioneering treatment for prostate cancer has been launched at Classic Hospitals’ Dunedin facility in Reading.Cryotherapy, also known as cryoablation or cryosurgery, uses argon and helium gas delivered via cryoneedles to freeze and destroy cancerous tissue in the prostate gland in a minimally invasive way. The concept dates from the 1960s when liquid nitrogen was…