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Electrochemical therapy (ECT) - Galvano therapy
The electrochemical therapy, also called electro cancer therapy or galvano therapy is different to the electrotherapy (cosmetic) as it is used in biological cancer treatment. Although the invention goes back to the 18th century by the Italian biophysicist Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), it was only in 1988 when the use of galvanic electricity in the treatment of cancer, was introduced by Björn Nordenström in China.

Electrochemical therapy (ETC) basics
According to more recent biophysical knowledge there are biologically closed electrical circuits in the human body. These result from the exchange of ions between the cells and between the cell nuclei and the surface of the cell membrane. If the biological balance is impaired, this leads to interference in the electro-magnetic field that goes with it. If the cell is not functioning correctly, it creates an electromagnetic field that deviates from that of a healthy cell. This causes a change in the cell resonance and the destruction of the dynamic condition of the tissue or an inversion of polarity. As a result, the electrical blockage of the cancer inducing information is freed. As current is always using the least resistance - and cancer cells have less resistance than healthy cells - the galvano therapy removes tumour cells with a continuous current (direct current). The power transmission is achieved by placing flat electrodes on the skin or platinic needles under the tumor, positive charged ions then travel to the cathode and negatively charged ions to the anode. Utilising this depolarisation effect, muriatic acid is created inside the cancer cells, which kills them. The resistance, or better the cell potential, of a healthy cell is within a range of -175mV, a cancer cell has a resistance of 0 to -10mV. The higher rate of conductivity of the tumor cells is used during an electrochemical therapy - galvano therapy - as a means to destroy the cancer cells, without damaging healthy cells, tissues or organs.

The therapy
The electrochemical therapy (ECT) - Galvano therapy - is a particularly gentle type of therapy with few side effects, e.g. skin irritations or a slight prickling sensation at the beginning of the treatment. The actual treatment consists of pricking the tumor with several needles or covering it with flat electrodes. In this limited area weak currents flow through the electrodes and the tumor cells are electrified. This takes advantage of the higher rate of conductivity of the tumor cells. The inflow of direct current changes the pH value of the cells, and their membranes are destroyed. The tumor dies. If the tumor is on the surface of the body, such as with skin cancer, the body rejects it. Inside the body, the body’s own scavenger cells take care of transporting the dead cells away. The good thing about this form of treatment is that cell destruction takes place exclusively in the tumor tissue. Organs and adjacent tissue that are affected are not harmed. A positive side effect of this type of cancer therapy is the activation of the immune system, since tumor antigens are released during the process. These antigens attract more immune cells, which further accelerate the decomposition of the cancer cells.



What types of cancer can be treated?
Electrochemical therapy (ECT) is especially suitable for surface or deeper tumors that can be reached with a needle electrode and are not operable. These includes:
 * Breast carcinomas
 * Skin carcinomas (basaliomas, spinaliomas, melanomas, etc)
 * Skin metastases
 * Soft parts tumors (lung, prostate, uterus)
 * Organ metastases

What type of cancer cannot be treated?
What cannot be treated:
 * Tumors and metastases in critical parts of the body such as heart, brain, eye, bones, vertebrae, kidney, ureter bladder, uterus
 * Leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease
 * Active autoimmune diseases, serious heart and kidney disease
 * Pregnant women or women who are breast-feeding, small children

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