Cryogenic technologies in the palliative treatment of patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
Palliative cryosurgery was performed in 26 patients in cases of locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (T4N1M1) with decay, infection, and bleeding. 15 patients underwent cryogenic treatment in a specialized oncology center, and 7 in an outpatient setting. Each patient was given from one to ten treatment sessions under local anesthesia or anesthesia. Four patients hospitalized in the city's purulent-septic surgery department under "ambulance " underwent cryodestruction to stop the arrosive bleedingfrom the tumor. In addition, case histories of nine hospice patients with extensive tumor spread and cancer cachexia in the presence of severe comorbidity were analyzed, which excluded cryotherapy procedures. In cases of cryodestruction, a positive result was obtained: a decrease in the intensity of the pain syndrome, a hemostatic effect, cytoreduction, an improvement in the general condition, and an increase in the quality of life.