%0 Journal Article
%T La electroterapia: una alternativa terap¨¦utica para el tratamiento de tumores
%A Luis Bergues Cabrales
%A Liliana G¨®mez Luna
%J Revista Cubana de Medicina
%D 2003
%I ECIMED
%X La electroterapia es la terapia con corriente el¨¦ctrica directa de baja intensidad. Se utiliza en medicina como alternativa terap¨¦utica para tratar tumores, es de bajo costo y m¨ªnimos efectos adversos. En diferentes estudios in vitro e in vivo se ha demostrado el marcado efecto antitumoral de la corriente el¨¦ctrica directa, en muchos casos se obtiene la regresi¨®n (o cura) completa de los tumores. La corriente el¨¦ctrica directa potencia la acci¨®n antineopl¨¢sica de la radioterapia y quimioterapia, minimiza los efectos colaterales que ¨¦stas inducen en el organismo. En esta revisi¨®n bibliogr¨¢fica sobre la corriente el¨¦ctrica directa se han resumido los resultados m¨¢s importantes obtenidos en el tratamiento de tumores, sus efectos antineopl¨¢sicos y colaterales, as¨ª como sus posibles mecanismos de acci¨®n. Electrotherapy is the therapy with low intensity direct electric current. It is used in medicine as a therapeutic alternative to treat tumors, its cost is low and its adverse effects are minimum. In different in vitro and in vivo studies, it has been showed the marked antitumoral effect of the direct electric current. The complete regression (or cure) of tumors is achieved in many cases. The direct electric current potentiates the antineoplastic action of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and reduces the side effects that they induce in the organism. The most important results obtained in the treatment of tumors, its antineoplastic and side effects, as well as its possible mechanisms of action have been summarized in this bibliographic review.
%K TERAPIA POR ESTIMULACI¨®N EL¨¦CTRICA
%K NEOPLASMAS
%K TERAPIAS ALTERNATIVAS
%K ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY
%K NEOPLASMS
%K ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
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