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Altered tissue electrical properties in squamous cell carcinoma in head and neck tumors: Preliminary observations
Author(s) -
Małecka–Massalska Teresa,
Smolen Agata,
Morshed Kamal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.23091
Subject(s) - medicine , head and neck cancer , bioelectrical impedance analysis , head and neck , phase angle (astronomy) , head and neck squamous cell carcinoma , basal cell , cancer , ohm , surgery , body mass index , physics , astronomy , quantum mechanics
Background The purpose of this study was to investigate tissue electrical properties in patients with head and neck cancer. Methods In the cross‐sectional study direct bioimpedance measures (resistance, reactance, and phase angle) determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) were performed on 31 patients with head and neck cancer and 31 healthy volunteers matched by age and sex as a control group. Results Phase angle at 50 kHz was found to be significantly lower ( p = .6) in patients with head and neck cancer than in the control group (4.69° ± 0.71 vs 5.59° ± 0.70, respectively). Resistance was significantly ( p = .0002) greater in patients with head and neck cancer than in the control group (596.24 ± 96.31 ohm vs 513.73 ± 65.79 ohm, respectively). Conclusion Presurgical patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer have altered tissue electrical properties. Further observations would be valuable to calculate survival, validate the prognostic significance of phase angle, and monitor nutritional and therapeutic interventions in this patient population. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2013