Experience in using low-temperature plasma after surgical treatment of breast cancer

Abstract

Background.Plasma medicine is a new direction in science at the intersection of plasma physics and chemistry with biology and medicine low-temperature plasma (LTP) has a number of fundamental advantages, which include high non-specific bactericidal activity, low probability of the appearance of stable forms, the absence of ionizing radiation and highly toxic substances. In addition, LTP stimulates healing of infected wounds at the early stages of exposure, which makes LTP a promising method of treating various pathological conditions.
 Clinical case description.Low-temperature argon plasma treatment was performed for a patient with a diagnosis of: cancer of the right breast cancer T2N1M0, IIB stage. Condition after non-adjuvant PCT and radical resection of the right breast. Complication: Abscess in the area of the postoperative scar. After the 3rd treatment with plasma flow, the wound was sutured and while continuing treatment with low-temperature argon plasma, the patient began radiation therapy of the right breast and regional lymph flow zones in the mode of classical dose fractionation. During the follow-up period, the patient showed positive dynamics in the area of the postoperative scar, which did not lead to a long period of rehabilitation in the postoperative period and radiation therapy was started in a timely manner.
 Conclusion.Thus, the use of this technique in clinical practice has proven that the period of rehabilitation in the postoperative period is shortened for continuous comprehensive treatment of severe cancer patients with breast cancer.