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ArticleTechnology in cancer research & treatment2018

High-Frequency Irreversible Electroporation for Intracranial Meningioma: A Feasibility Study in a Spontaneous Canine Tumor Model.

Eduardo L Latouche, Christopher B Arena, Jill W Ivey, Paulo A Garcia, Theresa E Pancotto, Noah Pavlisko, Scott S Verbridge, Rafael V Davalos, John H Rossmeisl

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Article in Technology in cancer research & treatment, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 91 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Eduardo L Latouche1 VoltMed Inc, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Christopher B Arena1 VoltMed Inc, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Jill W Ivey2 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Paulo A Garcia1 VoltMed Inc, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Theresa E Pancotto3 Veterinary and Comparative Neuro-oncology Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Noah Pavlisko3 Veterinary and Comparative Neuro-oncology Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Scott S Verbridge2 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
Rafael V Davalos2 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
John H Rossmeisl2 Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1655-7076
Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine · USVirginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-frequency irreversible electroporation is a nonthermal method of tissue ablation that uses bursts of 0.5- to 2.0-microsecond bipolar electric pulses to permeabilize cell membranes and induce cell death. High-frequency irreversible electroporation has potential advantages for use in neurosurgery, including the ability to deliver pulses without inducing muscle contraction, inherent selectivity against malignant cells, and the capability of simultaneously opening the blood-brain barrier surrounding regions of ablation. Our objective was to determine whether high-frequency irreversible electroporation pulses capable of tumor ablation could be delivered to dogs with intracranial meningiomas. Three dogs with intracranial meningiomas were treated. Patient-specific treatment plans were generated using magnetic resonance imaging-based tissue segmentation, volumetric meshing, and finite element modeling. Following tumor biopsy, high-frequency irreversible electroporation pulses were stereotactically delivered in situ followed by tumor resection and morphologic and volumetric assessments of ablations. Clinical evaluations of treatment included pre- and posttreatment clinical, laboratory, and magnetic resonance imaging examinations and adverse event monitoring for 2 weeks posttreatment. High-frequency irreversible electroporation pulses were administered successfully in all patients. No adverse events directly attributable to high-frequency irreversible electroporation were observed. Individual ablations resulted in volumes of tumor necrosis ranging from 0.25 to 1.29 cm

Indexed as

AnimalsBrain NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalDogsElectrochemotherapyFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMeningiomaanimal modelsbrain tumordogneuro-oncologypulsed electric fields

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PMID30071778
PMCPMC6077896
OpenAlexW2886817841

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