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Irreversible Electroporation in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Potential Improved Overall Survival

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IRE ablation of locally advanced pancreatic tumors remains safe and in the appropriate patient who has undergone standard induction therapy for a minimum of 4 months can achieve greater local palliation and potential improved overall survival compared with standard chemoradiation–chemotherapy treatments.
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Background Locally advanced unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma (LAC) is characterized by poor survival despite chemotherapy and conventional radiation therapy. We have recently reported on the safety of using irreversible electroporation (IRE) for the management of LAC. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the overall survival in patients with LAC treated with IRE.

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Irreversible electroporation for nonthermal tumor ablation in the clinical setting: a systematic review of safety and efficacy.

TL;DR: Overall, the future of IRE for difficult-to-reach tumors appears promising, and in cases where other techniques are unsuitable, IRE is a promising modality for the ablation of tumors near bile ducts and blood vessels.
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Treatment of 200 locally advanced (stage III) pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients with irreversible electroporation: safety and efficacy.

TL;DR: For patients with LAPC (stage III), the addition of IRE to conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy results in substantially prolonged survival compared with historical controls, suggesting that ablative control of the primary tumor may prolong survival.
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A Review of Basic to Clinical Studies of Irreversible Electroporation Therapy

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Systematic review of innovative ablative therapies for the treatment of locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

TL;DR: A systematic review of the clinical outcomes of several innovative local ablative therapies for locally advanced pancreatic cancer aims to provide an overview of their clinical outcomes.
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Safety and feasibility of Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer: results of a prospective study.

TL;DR: Irreversible Electroporation is a safe procedure in patients with LAPC and may represent a new technological option in the treatment and multimodality management of this disease.
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Tissue ablation with irreversible electroporation

TL;DR: In this paper, a new method for the ablation of undesirable tissue such as cells of a cancerous or non-cancerous tumor is disclosed, which involves the placement of electrodes into or near the vicinity of the undesirable tissue through the application of electrical pulses causing irreversible electroporation of the cells throughout the entire area of the desired tissue.
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DPC4 Gene Status of the Primary Carcinoma Correlates With Patterns of Failure in Patients With Pancreatic Cancer

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