Public release date: 20-Jun-2005 [ | Contact: Sue McGreevey 617-724-2764 Radiofrequency ablation is effective long-term treatment for kidney tumors Tumor control persists four to six years, could be treatment of choice for certain patients Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have shown that radiofrequency ablation (RFA) – a minimally invasive way of destroying tissue – is an effective, longlasting treatment for small kidney tumors in selected patients. In a followup to research published in 2003, the investigators found that RFA treatment of renal cell carcinoma, the most common kidney cancer, continued to be successful 4 to 6 years after administration. The report appears in the July issue of the Journal of Urology. "This study shows, for the first time, that this is a very effective long-term treatment," says W. Scott McD

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