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Cryotherapy for renal cancers

Guidance issued Guidance issued
 
IP Guidance Number: IPG207
 
Summary:
 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on cryotherapy for renal cancers.
Description:
 Renal cancer occurs in the lining of the very small tubes in the kidney. Cryotherapy uses cold temperature to destroy cancer cells through the insertion of a freezing probe into the tumour.
Arrangements:

Other (see guidance)
Topic Area:

Cancer
Therapeutic procedures
Urogenital
Specialty:

Clinical oncology
Medical oncology
Specialist advice has
been sought from:

British Association of Urological Surgeons

Royal College of Radiologists

Association of British and Irish Cryosurgery

British Society of Interventional Radiology

British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology
Date notified to NICE: 01 September 2005
Provisional Consultation Date: Spring/Summer 2005
Guidance Publication Date: 24 January 2007
Contact Details:
Project Manager
(for general enquiries or comments)		 Ben Doak
Technical Lead
(for procedure specific enquiries or comments) 		Sally Wortley
ip@nice.org.uk
Contact Address:

Interventional Procedures Programme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NA
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