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Irreversible Electroporation in Liver Tumor

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As cancer-related deaths continue to increase around the world, providing an effective and cost-efficient treatment remains a top priority. Specifically in relation to ablation techniques, one such modality that is receiving increased attention is irreversible electroporation (IRE). In recent years, IRE has elicited excitement as a potential treatment for malignant tumors due to its advantages of utilizing nonthermal energy, achieving complete cell death and the ability to image the effects in near real time. In this chapter, we will discuss a brief overview of IRE in liver ablation.

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  1. Department of Radiology, UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, Suite 2125, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA

    Edward Wolfgang Lee, Daphne Wong & Stephen T. Kee

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  1. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Diagnostic Imaging Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Damian E. Dupuy

  2. Department of Surgery and Radiology Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Yuman Fong

  3. McMullen Consulting, LLC, Surprise, Arizona, USA

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Lee, E.W., Wong, D., Kee, S.T. (2013). Irreversible Electroporation in Liver Tumor. In: Dupuy, D., Fong, Y., McMullen, W. (eds) Image-Guided Cancer Therapy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0751-6_37

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