Presentation Description / Summary: Electroporation is the use of an electrical impulse to transiently open the cell membrane allowing insertion of chemotherapy, termed electrochemotherapy or cancer vaccines, termed gene-electrotransfer. This lecture will highlight the technology and advances in cancer treatment.
Learner Outcomes: 1) what is electroporation in cancer treatment? 2) How does electrochemotherapy work clinically and in what cancers? 3) How does cancer immunotherapy using gene-electrotransfer differ from standard immunotherapy such as Oncept?
Learning Objectives:
understand the modality of electroporation as it relates to cancer treatment with electrochemotherapy
understand the modality of electroporation as it relates to cancer treatment with immunotherapy with gene-electrotransfer
discuss a newer modality available for cancer treatment adding to the armamentarium of current options such as surgery, chemotherapy, standard immunotherapy and radiation therapy
