That's when an associate of his, Carol Conner, suggested he contact Dr. Ron Zagoria, an interventional radiologist at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Dr. Zagoria had performed radiofrequency tumor ablation on Carol the year before, and had destroyed 9 of the 11 tumors in her liver. The other two were too small to treat, and have since disappeared. Using ultrasound to see inside the liver, the doctor guides a needle into the center of the tumor. Radiofrequency energy is passed through the needle, which has a tip resembling a miniature grappling hook, and destroys the tumor with intense heat.
Nearby tissue is unharmed, and there are no serious side effects.
We can do it. Kneece underwent the procedure on March 3 and Dr. Zagoria successfully ablated the four tumors in his liver. Kneece went home the next day and is taking mild chemotherapy as a preventive. I feel like it's an absolute miracle. The technique is working so well on liver tumors that doctors are starting to use heat to attack cancers of the breast, bone, lung, prostate, kidney and pancreas.