Minimally invasive RFA treatment for tumours: a short introduction

Karan is a lively male adult of 20 years. His joie-de-vivre is infectious. People liked his cheerful presence and his nature was to mingle pleasantly with people. In a digital world, Karan is a welcome fresh difference; Karan has always been devoid of toxic addiction to the digital screen. His ability to lead a healthy and fun-filled life, blending digital and non-digital activities in a balanced way, made him a very sought after personality.

- Sunil S Chiplunkar

However, a niggling pain and swelling at the tip of his second toe, the pain particularly increasing at night, was a bothersome thing. After managing the pain with pain killers and other external measures, for some time, Karan had to take the diagnosis from an orthopedician. The doctor’s provisional diagnosis: Karan is probably having a benign tumour called osteoid osteoma.

Cancer: the very word causes panic. This dreaded disease implies significant loss in quality of life in terms of pain, swelling and bleeding. Management of cancer is a major stress on the pocket and time. Occupational work goes into disarray and family budgets are awry due to expensive anticancer treatment. When there is uncontrolled division of cells - abnormal growths occur in tissues and if it is a spreading type, then this is a painful case of cancer. The word tumour originating from Latin word tumere, refers to a swelling in tissues. So in cancerous conditions, the word tumour is used to describe the abnormal swelling or abnormal lumps.