By Xiao Na of the International Health Magazine of Indonesia (English translation by Law Leebao)
Recently while visiting a bookstore in Beijing, this reporter accidentally came across an elegantly printed, brownish thick-covered book entitled ¡°Cryosurgery for Cancer¡±. The 500000 worded-book with all the diagrams in colours and a summary in English for each chapter was written by Professor Xu Kecheng and Dr. Niu Lizhi and published by the Shanghai Technology and Education Publishers.
The book had forewords and commentaries by a total of six reputed experts in the field of cryoablation therapy from China as well as from overseas. One of them, Professor Zhong Nam Shan, an academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of China and president of the Chinese Medical Association, wrote in the foreword ¡°¡¡.as the first book on cryoablation therapy written in China, it has systematically introduced to readers what is cryoablation and its application in treating various types of cancer¡.. The book reveals the most recent achievements by cryoabalation on treatment of cancer¡¡¡¯ He continued ¡°As a co-worker who has devoted my whole life in the study of lung cancer, I truly salute Dr. Niu Lizhi and his team on their achievements on lung cancer treatment.¡± Another scholar, Dr. Frank of Italy, the chairman of the International Cryoablation Institute said in the foreword ¡°I was very happy to be able to share the joy on the success of Professor Xu and Dr. Niu in applying cryoablation therapy in more than 3000 cancer cases. Most of these cases were done pecutaneously. This is of utmost importance in the field of minimally invasive therapy. ¡¡. Their excellent works have contributed greatly in clinical application of cryoablation therapy¡¡¡±
By using the information provided in the book, this reporter made a specific trip to the GuangzhouFudaCancerHospital in Guangzhou, China to interview Professor Xu and Dr. Niu, the authors of the book.
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n the day in Guangzhou, a production team of the Henan TV was also in Guangzhou to film a production for their ¡®The World of Senior Citizens¡¯ programme. Accompanied by Dr. Niu, this reporter followed the team to Fan Yu, a small town at the outskirt of Guangzhou to interview Madam Zhang, an elderly lady.
All the four generations in her family were living together in a big house. Seeing us coming, she enthusiastically asked us to take our seats, offered us tea and fruit. She recognised Dr. Niu who had treated her and held his hands firmly while trying to slip in some money into his pocket. Only upon persuasion of other members of the medical team and her family, she gave up the idea to give Dr. Niu some money as a token of appreciation.