Tumor-Zapping Technique Fights Kidney Cancer(Page 2) Zagoria's group cautioned that surgery is still the preferred method of fighting kidney cancer in patients who are young, healthy and have two kidneys because there is no data available for long-term follow-up on the effects of radiofrequency ablation. There are more than 51,000 new cases of kidney cancer every year in the United States and 12,000 deaths from the disease, according to the U.S. National Cancer Institute. More information To learn more about kidney cancer, visit the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Related Links
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