Cryosurgery is a treatment that uses extreme cold produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas to destroy cancer cells and abnormal tissue. It is a local treatment, which means that it is directed toward a specific part of your body. Cryosurgery is used to treat tumors on the skin, as well as certain tumors inside the body.
Cryosurgery may also be called cryotherapy or cryoablation.
Cryosurgery to treat cancer. National Cancer Institute. (n.d.). https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/surgery/cryosurgery.
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/surgery/cryosurgery
