Cryotherapy - Cryotherapy and Prostate Cancer

Cryotherapy, also called cryosurgery, is a procedure where the tumor is frozen, allowed to thaw, and then frozen again. In cryotherapy, a probe is inserted through a small incision in the perineum. TRUS imaging is used to guide the probe into the prostate where it will freeze the tumor and surrounding tissues. Cryotherapy kills the cancer cells as well as some surrounding healthy cells.