Neurophysiological status and adaptation responses upon application of electromagnetic fields in complex treatment of patients with malignant gliomas of the brain

Abstract

AimThe aim of this paper is to discover some advantages and benefits of the complex treatment of patients with malignant gliomas of the brain with the use of electromagnetic field therapy. Materials and methodsOur examination focused on patients suffering from malignant gliomas of the brain. One cohort of them (the reference group covering 30 patients) received surgery and chemoradiotherapy (CHRT) without electromagnetic field exposure of the brain, while the other group (the main test group which included 30 individuals) was subjected to the same therapy, but accompa- IntroductionBrain tumors range from 2 to 8 % of all neoplasms in total. It is known that recent international reports represent a picture of a considerable growth of the inci dence rate of the brain tumors in populations through out the world. As to Russia, we can state the incidence rate of the brain tumors is 10 cases per 100 000 popula tion, with a half of the tumors located immediately in side the brain. By estimating the primary tumors of the brain in the adult population in Russia, statistics data show that gliomas of the brain accounts for 40-46 % of the cases, with 55 % of malignant tumors among them. Considering the glial tumors, the largest proportion is made by glioblastomas (16,7 %) as well as by astrocytic tumors (17,9 %), and in this case the malignant types of astrocytomas tend to occur 1,3 times more frequent

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“…From the offered research reports one can now appreciate that the approaches to the problem of how increase the life quality in patients upon applications of ULF EMF at the stages of complex treatment of cancer have been successfully applied in practice. That has been evidenced not only by the significant outcomes of the anti-tumor treatment, but also by the statistically significant data on the reduction in the rate of complications for the part of the functional condition of the brain, the central regulation of homeostasis, the cardiovascular and respiratory system in patients with tumors of the brain, the lungs, the breast, the bladder and the genitals by initiating the required anti-stressor adaptational reactions [21][22][23][24][25][26]. In infants with complicated forms of hemangiomas, upon their exposure to optical radiation in the infrared region of the spectrum, it has led practically to full regression of the tumor due to removing necrotic masses, sclerosing vessels in hemangioma and activation of the immune defense upon completion of 5-10 Photo-Chromotherapy Method (PCM) sessions [25].…”