Cryosurgery As A Treatment of Basal Cell Cancer

Abstract

Daniela Zarate Rivera, Laura Camila Garcia Medina, Didier Leonidas Diaz Parra, Maria Camila Marin Murillo, Yensi Lorena Romero Diaz, Ana Maria Pineda Navarro, Frank David Almenares Gomez, Lilian Paola Navarro Mercado

Basal cell carcinoma constitutes the malignant neoplasm with the highest rates of cases worldwide. Over the years, science and technology have pioneered innovation in order to implement adequate and effective treatments against this pathology. Cryosurgery is an avant-garde procedure implemented in recent times, with which by freezing the tumor by applying liquid nitrogen on it, gratifying results have been evidenced in terms of tumor elimination, recurrence rates and aesthetics, Therefore, a review of the current bibliography is carried out in order to define its effectiveness as the main method of treatment of basal cell cancer.

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