Description
Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a local type of therapy that involves the application of electrical pulses after administration of chemotherapy in order to increase its concentration inside cancer cells. It is a pet friendly minimally invasive cost-effective treatment. ECT has shown success in the post-operative treatment of tumours removed surgically with incomplete histological margins or the palliative therapy of unresectable tumours where it can prove life-saving. Whatever the tumour histological origin, ECT can be used as an alternative to surgery or radiotherapy when these are not possible, effective or declined by the owners. In this webinar you will learn about the ECT technique and its indications and see its results through the presentation of real-life cases treated by the author.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the principles of the electrochemotherapy (ECT) technique
- Learn about the indications of ECT in dogs and cats with cancer compared to other local anti-cancer therapies
- Learn the role of ECT in multimodal therapy in combination with surgery
- Learn about the possible adverse effects of ECT
- Learn about the efficacy of ECT in the treatment of several tumour types through the presentation of cases