dOn November 9 this year, Bo, 74, was the third Swede to receive electric treatment for prostate cancer. He was sedated, needles were inserted through the skin around the tumor, then the device was turned on, sending electricity between the needles. The so-called IRE technology, irreversible electroporation, punches holes in the cells so that the tumor dies.
– I’m really happy. My friends who have had other treatments get immediately jealous when I tell them, she says.