Iran Debuts Indigenous ECT Technology for Advanced Cancer Treatment

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

SAEDNEWS: In Tehran on Monday, the prototype of Iran’s domestically produced Electrochemotherapy (ECT) device was unveiled, with the University of Tehran’s chancellor and the head of its Science and Technology Park in attendance.

Iran Debuts Indigenous ECT Technology for Advanced Cancer Treatment

According to SAEDNEWS: Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a safe, targeted, cancer treatment that uses a very low dose of chemotherapy combined with electric pulses to destroy the cancer.

Electrochemotherapy (ECT)

Experts from a knowledge-based company, located in the Science and Technology Park of Tehran University, have succeeded in launching the first national production line of electroporation (ECT) devices in Iran.

The production line of the first indigenous electrochemotherapy ablation system (a new method of targeted treatment of cancerous tumors) is an achievement that, relying on local technical knowledge and utilizing international standards, has brought Iran into the group of countries with this advanced technology in cancer treatment.

Electrochemotherapy (ECT)

With the launch of this production line, Iran has become the first country in Asia that joins the UK and Italy in producing this new technology. The electroporation device uses electrical pulses to increase the permeability of cancer cells and significantly enhance the effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs.