Electrochemotherapy - yet another innovative application

Abstract

Linked Article: Sommerlad et al. Br J Dermatol 2016; 175:1342–1345.

Electrochemotherapy pre‐treatment in primary squamous vulvar cancer. Our preliminary experience

“…In our study tumor response was evaluated 4‐5 weeks after ECT; probably a longer time follow‐up could have shown an increased response rate because the immune inflammatory reactions maintain the anticancer activity and boost the therapeutic effect. In fact, studies reported that healing time for small tumors is expected to be between 4 and 8 weeks, whereas for larger tumors it can be prolonged up to 10 weeks …”