Guidance

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued full guidance to the NHS in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on percutaneous cryotherapy for renal tumours.

This document replaces previous guidance on cryotherapy for renal cancers (NICE interventional procedure guidance 207, January 2007).

Description

Renal cancer occurs in the lining of the very small tubes in the kidney. Cryotherapy uses cold temperatures to destroy cancer cells through the insertion of a surgical instrument that applies freezing temperatures (cryoprobe) into the tumour.

Coding and clinical classification codes for this guidance

Endorsing bodies

This interventional procedures guidance is endorsed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland as required by the Health and Social Care Act (2012).

  • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)