Electrochemical Treatment of Tumor
Using direct current for disease treatment is an cians. The mechanism paper was reviewed by three reviewers. Many revisions were done on both papers. old method: However, clinically, it has not been widely used. In 1983, Dr. Bjo Β¨rn Nordenstro Β¨m of the Karolin-The original 2516-case clinical paper was not acceptable due to mixed cancer types: It has been revised to ska Institute in Sweden published a book on this subject. In the spring of 1992, I heard from one of my focus on lung cancer.
After 2 years of revisions, the two papers are Chinese friends that there would be an international meeting in Beijing and that thousands of cancer pa-finally published in this issue. According to the Chinese results, the electrochemical treatment with direct cur-tients in China had been treated with this method. With rent appears to be simple and effective. Dr. Xin and curiosity and suspicion, I attended the First Interna-Professor Li acknowledged that the work is preliminary tional Symposium on Electrochemotherapy of Cancer and that more rigorous laboratory and controlled cliniheld on October 20 -22, 1992, in Beijing. There were cal studies are needed to advance the understanding 30 foreign participants, 13 from Sweden, 5 from the of this method. I thank Dr. Xin and Professor Li for U.S., 12 from eight other countries, and 200 Chinese submitting their papers to Bioelectromagnetics and for (primarily surgeons).
their patience in revising the papers. The reviewers One hundred and thirty six papers were presented.
have gone through the many revisions, and their efforts Among them were three invited presentations, 21 were are appreciated. In particular, I thank Dr. Ru-long Ren basic research reports, and 112 were clinical papers.
from the Nanjing Jinling Hospital, who was a visiting The most impressive data were reported by Dr. Xin scientist in my laboratory, for helping with the editorial Yu-ling of the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, sumprocess. marizing the results of 2516 cases. Among the research
In addition to the two invited papers, the third papers, Professor Li Kai-hua gave a comprehensive paper on animal tumors treated with direct current is report on mechanisms. At the end of the meeting, as a also ready for publication.