Effective treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous malignant tumours by electrochemotherapy

Electrochemotherapy in treatment of tumours.

AIM Electrochemotherapy is a local drug delivery approach aimed at treatment with palliative intent of cutaneous and subcutaneous tumour nodules of different histologies. Electrochemotherapy, via cell membrane permeabilising electric pulses, potentiates the cytotoxicity of non-permeant or poorly permeant anticancer drugs with high intrinsic cytotoxicity, such as bleomycin or cisplatin, at the s...

Electrochemotherapy in treatment of tumours

Electrochemotherapy is a combination therapy for cancer and consists of electroporation and treatment using cytostatic agents. Electroporation is a method that through an electric field temporarily opens the cell membrane which enhances the cytotoxic effect. Electrochemotherapy is used to a limited extent in Sweden and an essential question is if there is evidence that the method is effective a...

The treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous lesions with electrochemotherapy with bleomycin

Electrochemotherapy of tumours

Electrochemotherapy is a combined use of certain chemotherapeutic drugs and electric pulses applied to the treated tumour nodule. Local application of electric pulses to the tumour increases drug delivery into cells, specifically at the site of electric pulse application. Drug uptake by delivery of electric pulses is increased for only those chemotherapeutic drugs whose transport through the pl...

Effective treatment of multiple unresectable skin melanoma metastases by electrochemotherapy.

Multiple unresectable melanoma skin metastases pose a treatment problem, especially in centers where isolated limb perfusion is not available. We report the case of a 59-year-old woman who developed multiple small unresectable cutaneous melanoma metastases on the thigh after her lower limb was amputated. Electrochemotherapy with bleomycin resulted in good local control of the disease, with a co...