cryoablation prior to resection - new article

[Olga]

A team from LA advocates the use of the cryo prior to the resection of the primary tumor - they found that cryosurgery followed by wide excision of soft tissue sarcomas is superior to the resection alone, this is the link to the abstract on the PubMed.gov (PMID: 17415009):

Cryoablation and Resection Influences Patient Survival for Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Impact on Survivorship and Local Recurrence.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... med_docsum

the authors work at
the Department of Orthopaedics, Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA;
the Department of Orthopaedics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA;
the Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USC University Hospital, Los Angeles, CA.
Since they have this specific experience with the cryoablation of the primary soft tissue tumors they might be a good place to get a second opinion if there is unresectable primary tumor - they should be able to answer if the prior cryo is able to shrink the primary tumor and allow its resection without the damage to the surrounding nerves/bones.