Electrical Pulse Treatment Gives Pancreatic Cancer Patients New Hope
Innovative Interventional Radiology Procedure Zaps Around Complicated Pancreatic Tumors, Improving Prognosis and Pancreatic Cancer Treatment ParadigmSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (March 26, 2012)—Results of a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology ’s 37th Annual Scientific Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., signal a light at the end of the tunnel for individuals with inoperable locally advanced pancreatic cancer. A new procedure called irreversible electroporation or IRE uses microsecond electrical pulses to force open and