Electrochemical Treatment of Tumours: Brief Considerations |Biomedgrid

The tumour is treated by electrochemical treatment (ECHT) or electrolytic ablation neoplastic tissue with a continuous direct current through two or more electrodes located inner side or nearby the tumour. The ECHT has been taken considerable attention as being one of the numerous methods for malignancies local treatment. The therapy benefit is the negligibly invasive procedure and few serious side effects. Despite treating people around the world in recent years, ECHT has not been globally accepted yet. This brief article deals with the basics of ECHT, namely the electrolytic method for tumours treatment and the destructive mechanisms, whose uncertainties hinder the development of an optimized and dependable procedure for serving as a complement to the oncologic treatments utilized in the Western world.