Medicare warms to Endocare tumour freezing
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Medicare contractors in 15 US states, including New York, California, Illinois and Texas, have begun covering Endocare's CRYOcare Surgical System for use in treating metastatic liver disease. The CRYOcare targeted ablation procedure enables doctors to freeze tumours of the liver, sparing non-cancerous sections.
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