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Cryotherapy ablation is a treatment for bone and soft tissue tumors in which surgeons insert several needles into the tumor site to freeze and destroy the cancer cells. Argon and helium gas circulate through the needles, lowering the temperature to -40 degrees C for several minutes.
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