Warts, moles, skin tags, solar keratoses, molluscum, Morton's neuroma and small skin cancers are candidates for cryosurgical treatment. Several internal disorders are also treated with<unk> , including liver cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, oral cancers, cervical disorders and, more commonly in the past, hemorrhoids. Soft tissue conditions such as plantar fasciitis (jogger's heel) and fibroma (benign excrescence of connective tissue) can be treated with<unk> . Generally, all tumors that can be reached by the cryoprobes used during an operation are treatable. Although found to be effective, this method of treatment is only appropriate for use against localized disease, and solid tumors larger than 1 cm. Tiny, diffuse metastases that often coincide with cancers are usually not affected by cryotherapy.<unk>  works by taking advantage of the destructive force of freezing temperatures on cells. When their temperature sinks beyond a certain level ice crystals begin forming inside the cells and, because of their lower density, eventually tear apart those cells. Further harm to malignant growth will result once the blood vessels supplying the affected tissue begin to freeze.<unk>  is used to treat a variety of benign skin lesions including: * Acne * Warts (including anogenital warts) * Dermatofibroma * Hemangioma * Keloid (hypertrophic scar) * Molluscum contagiosum * Myxoid cyst * Pyogenic granuloma * Seborrheic keratoses * Skin tags<unk>  may also be used to treat low risk skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma but a biopsy should be obtained first to confirm the diagnosis, determine the depth of invasion and characterize other high risk histologic features.
Cryosurgery
Cryotherapy
Microwave thermotherapy
Laser coagulation
Climatotherapy
Transoral laser microsurgery
Radiofrequency thermocoagulation
Laser surgery