Determination of Autonomic Responses to Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields With Low Energy Modulated Frequency in Patients With Breast and Advanced Hepatocellular Cancer.
Inclusion Criteria:
Healthy volunteers:
- Should be considered healthy, with no known relevant comorbidity.
- Patients should not be suffering from active malignancy or history of malignancy in
the past.
- Must be over 18 years.
- Must have ability to understand and provide a written informed consent.
Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma:
- Patients must be diagnosed with inoperable HCC.
- Presence of primary tumor or metastatic at the time of the procedure.
- Patients with liver cirrhosis should be restricted to Child-Pugh A or B.
- Patients with AFP> 400ng/ml and image feature does not require histopathological
confirmation. However, in patients with active serology B virus, this value must be
greater than AFP 4000 ng / ml. The remaining patients should have histological
confirmation of HCC.
- Patients may be under observation or treatment in the presence of systemic or
intra-hepatic.
- Must have ability to understand and provide a written informed consent.
Patients with Ductal Carcinoma Breast
- Patients must have a diagnosis of breast ductal carcinoma inoperable.
- The presence of the primary tumor or metastatic during the procedure.
- Patients may be under observation or in the presence of systemic or hormonal
treatment only.
- Must have ability to understand to provide a written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Can not stop antihypertensive medications or beta-blockers for at least 48 hours or
being in possession of a pacemaker or other implantable device.
- Pregnant or lactating women.
- Smaller than 18 years.
- Patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment or up to 2 weeks of discontinuation.
- Inability to understand and provide written informed consent.
- Liver cirrhosis Child Pugh C.
- Patients without a definite diagnosis.
- Absence of the primary tumor or metastatic during the procedure.