And here's how: it's a treatment called cryosurgery, and it literally means curing cancer by freezing the cancer cells directly.

方法如下：这是一种称为冷冻手术的疗方法，字面意思是通过直接冷冻癌细愈癌症。

In parallel, the lab takes a small cross section of the sample, freezes it, and thinly slices it with a scalpel -- effectively taking a " frozen snapshot, " says Hoving -- and then reviews it under a microscope in a process called a quick section.

，验室会采集样本的一小部分横截面，将其冷冻，然后用手术刀将其切成薄片，霍文说，这际上是拍摄“冷冻快照”，然后在显微镜下对其进行检查，这个过程称为快速切片。