Clinical applications of IRE
François Cornelis  1@  
1 : Hôpital Pellegrin
Groupe hospitalier Pellegrin, CHU Bordeaux
Bordeaux -  France

Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) for cancer treatment is a promising alternative. An increased use has been observed over the past decade because to its adavantage to be a non-thermal therapy. IRE offers benefits over other focal therapies in particular because IRE allow reduced collateral thermal injury after treatment. However, although in vivo studies now identify treatment planning protocols (IRE threshold, pulse parameters, etc.), electrode delivery (electrode design, placement, intra-operative imaging methods, etc.), injury evaluation (methods and timing), and treatment efficacy in different cancer models, additional evaluations are mandatory to better establish the technique in a clinical practice.


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