In the article “Nanoknife Ablation Doubles Survival in Pancreatic Cancer,” irreversible electroporation (IRE), a tissue ablation technique, is used to deliver microsecond pulses of direct current to permanently damage cell membranes of the targeted diseased tissue the pancreas and sparing other healthy tissue. This registry study was performed with six different surgical centers consisting of 200 patients diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma, a locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC). The mean age of these patients was 62 ranging from 27 to 88 years of age, and they had to meet criteria in order to receive this treatment of IRE, delivered by the Nanoknife system. Also all 200 patients received, in conjunction with IRE, induction therapy,
