PERMEOS Electro-Chemotherapy System by Vitalis Technologies (Formerly by Tenon Meditech), India, is fast emerging as a powerful tool in management of cutaneous and sub-cutaneous cancer tumours.

Advanced stage head and neck cancer tumours and cutaneous and sub-cutaneous metastatic tumours invariably pose a major ‘treatment challenge’. They are often unresponsive to regular treatment modalities of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Surgery is invariably either not feasible, or difficult, due to their size and location. Overall health condition of the patient can also hinder treatment options. Left with no treatment modalities, such patients would earlier have only one recourse, i.e., to endure.

Electro-chemotherapy (ECT) is a new and advanced globally proven tool for management of such tumours. ECT marks a paradigm shift in tumour treatment by offering an effective solution for ‘such difficult to treat tumours’. PERMEOS Tumour Management system is a diligently tested and clinically proven electro-chemotherapy system. Government of India recognises it as a socially important treatment modality.

Treatment Impact

Advanced stage head and neck cancer tumours and various types of metastatic tumours pose ‘just’ as big a challenge to the patient, as they do to the doctor. Large and painful, they leak blood and secretions. Their size and pain can hinder functions like eating, swallowing, speaking and breathing. They affect the patient’s quality of life adversely.

Permeos electro-chemotherapy (ECT) of such tumours can achieve the much needed relief through:

- Regression & healing of tumour (total/partial)

- Tumour pain control

- Control of tumour bleeding & secretions.

Control of pain, bleeding and secretions can start within 48 hours of an electro-chemotherapy session. 2 to 4 weeks are needed to see notable tumour regression. Treatment can be repeated if necessary.

No/minimal side-effects

Side-effects of ECT treatment are nil/minimal as quantity of chemotherapeutic drug used is very small.

Procedure takes just 30 minutes

Permeos electro-chemotherapy is a local tumour treatment. If done under local anaesthesia, which is usually the case, it requires only 30 minutes. Patient can be discharged after a short observation period.