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Electrochemotherapy significantly inhibits the growth of colon 26 tumors in mice

Authors :
Koichi Matsumoto
Hiroshi Suzuki
T. Tada
Source :
Surgery Today. 27:506-510
Publication Year :
1997
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1997.

Abstract

Electrochemotherapy is a novel antitumor treatment involving the systemic administration of bleomycin followed by the delivery of electrical pulses to the tumor. The present study investigates the effects of electrochemotherapy on the growth of colon 26 cells inoculated subcutaneously into the backs of BALB/c mice. The mice were divided into the following four experimental groups: 20 that received no further treatment after the inoculation of colon 26 cells (control group); 20 that received 500 micrograms of bleomycin intraperitoneally 7 and 9 days after the inoculation (BLM group); 20 that received electric pulses to the tumor 7 and 9 days after the inoculation (EP group); and 30 that received electrochemotherapy 7 and 9 days after the inoculation (ECT group). During 28 days of observation, no deaths due to tumor progression occurred in the ECT group, but there were 18 in the control group, 11 in the BLM group, and 18 in the EP group. While weight loss was observed in all groups, it was most remarkable in the control group. Tumor growth was significantly inhibited in the ECT group, compared to the other experimental groups (P0.01). The results of this study demonstrated that electrochemotherapy significantly inhibited the growth of colon 26 tumors in mice, without causing any remarkable adverse effects.

Details

ISSN :
14362813 and 09411291
Volume :
27
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Surgery Today
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e831da513826cdc20b72602545f1947a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02385803