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Does Mayo offer radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for thyroid cancer?
Does Mayo offer RFA, cyro ablation or alcohol ablation for treatment of papillary cancer in thyroid nodules?
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@tstory, destroying cancer cells with heat and cold, like radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cryoblation is offered at Mayo Clinic. Radiofrequency ablation uses electrical energy to heat up cancer cells, causing them to die. Cryoablation uses a gas to freeze and kill cancer cells. These treatments can help control small areas of cancer cells.
Here is more information:
- Radiofrequency ablation for cancer https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/radiofrequency-ablation/about/pac-20385270
- Cryoablation for cancer https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cryoablation-for-cancer/about/pac-20385216
Thyroid cancer cells that spread to the lungs, liver and bones can be treated with heat and cold to kill the cancer cells. Do you have metastatic thyroid cancer? What treatments have you had?
Not metastatic. No treatments. Papillary cancer in a 1.1 cm nodule in right thyroid and .7 cm nodule in left thyroid. Each has been FNA biopsied at BJC St Louis. Sonagram of lymph nodes was negative for cancer. Want to avoid removal and save my thyroid.