ISC, International Society of Cryosurgery was founded in 1974 to promote continuous medical education in the field of cryosurgery from both an experimental and clinical point of view.
ISC is a non-profit, non-sectarian, apolitical organization.
Its purpose is:
- To promote, develop, advocate and diffuse knowledge on the use of low temperatures and related technologies for therapeutic and conservative aims in biology and, generally, in science.
- To foster by all means, at individual and institutional level, in both human and veterinary field, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of any pathologies that may be approached by low temperatures
- To raise as many opportunities as possible in order to put in touch with each other all people who share the above stated purposes, or can be of help in order to reach them.
- To promote, at least once every two years, meetings and conferences in different countries of the world.
- To organize international activities and to promote, coordinate and support scientific programs concerning cryosurgery.
- To get in contact and create partnerships with national and international organizations who share similar purposes.
- To spread, through all available channels, any literature – publications, magazines et alia – concerning or related to cryosurgery.
Cryosurgery has today a wide range of clinical applications in : Prostate, Kidney, Liver, Lung, Bone, Neuro, Pain, ORL, Ob Gine, Skin, Heart, Pancreas, Ophtalmology, Breast.
Membership is open to anyone who has a professional interest in research and education in the fields of cryosurgery, cryobiology, cryopreservation, and other disciplines related to the use of low temperature in medicine. The society counts members world-wide.
Every second year in Autumn a major World Congress is held in a different continent with a wide-ranging scientific programme covering all areas of cryosurgery and cryobiology.
After Beijing in 2007 and St. Petersburg in 2009, this year’s edition will be held in Trieste, Italy, where ISC headquarters are and its President lives.

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