ELECTRIC TREATMENT OF HUMAN-MELANOMA SKIN-LESIONS WITH LOW-LEVEL DIRECT ELECTRIC-CURRENT - AN ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL-EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING APRELIMINARY-STUDY IN 5 PATIENTS

Authors
PLESNICAR A SERSA G VODOVNIK L JANCAR J ZALETELKRAGELJ L PLESNICAR S
Citation
A. Plesnicar et al., ELECTRIC TREATMENT OF HUMAN-MELANOMA SKIN-LESIONS WITH LOW-LEVEL DIRECT ELECTRIC-CURRENT - AN ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL-EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING APRELIMINARY-STUDY IN 5 PATIENTS, The European journal of surgery, 1994, pp. 45-49
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The European journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
11024151
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
574
Pages
45 - 49
Database
ISI
SICI code
1102-4151(1994):<45:ETOHSW>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In this study we have investigated the effects of negative low level d irect electric current electrotherapy (current: 1 milliampere; treatme nt time: 30 minutes) in metastatic or primary melanoma skin lesions. A fter 12 applications in five patients, tumour regression was observed in all evaluable melanoma skin lesions; four of them were classified a s partial responses. This study shows that locally applied electrother apy with a negative low level direct electric current is an effective treatment that results in reduction of tumour mass of human melanoma s kin lesions, and it is possible that it has a positive influence on th e course of the metastatically disseminated melanoma. No serious side effects were observed.