Irreversible electroporation (NanoKnife®) for pancreatic cancer | 合法醫療器材資訊網

Irreversibleelectroporation(IRE)isatreatmentthatuseselectricalcurrentstodamageanddestroycancercells.ItissometimesknownasNanoKnife®.

There has not been much research into IRE for people with pancreatic cancer. This means that we don’t know enough about how well it works, who it is most suitable for, and the side effects and complications.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has said that IRE should only be used in research. Researchers are setting up a clinical trial in the UK to look at IRE for pancreatic cancer. We will provide information about the trial when it’s available on our Trial Finder[1] . Until there is a clinical trial available, NHS hospitals that provide IRE are collecting information about how well it works.

Read more about clinical trials for pancreatic cancer[2] .