X-Message-Number: 13249 Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 21:25:25 -0500 From: Jan Coetzee <> Subject: Chinese Doctors freez tumor Chinese Doctors Claim Cancer-Treatment Breakthrough BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese surgeons are declaring a breakthrough in cancer treatment after turning a patient's malignant tumor into a ball of ice, state media said on Saturday. Doctors at Xijing Hospital in the northwestern city of Xian inserted a superconductive knife, 0.0788 inches in diameter, into the tumor of liver cancer patient, Xinhua news agency said. By forcing high-pressure argon and helium gas through the knife point, they were able to lower the temperature of the tumor to minus 220. ``In 60 seconds, the tumor became an ice ball,'' the article said, adding ``all cancer cells were killed.'' ``The operation took only 30 minutes. The patient felt no pain and there was no bleeding,'' it said. ``The therapy is a breakthrough in cancer treatment,'' it quoted Dou Kefeng, a surgeon in charge of the operation, as saying. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13249