TTField: 4th Modality of Treating Cancer - 1272020

wadvocator
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This 2011 TED Talk might be of interested to the community: Tumor Treating Field

https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_doyle_treating_cancer_with_electric_fiel…

Learned about this from a business channel. Since 2011, there is a company called Novacure that has treatments approved by FDA for Recurrent Glioblasoma and Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma (brain cancer) and has phase 1 or 2 trials for a variety of cancers, including Non Small Cell Lung Cancer. One can also easily wonder whether this will work for situations where cancers traveled to brain.

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JimC
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Thanks for the link.

This modality was discussed a few years ago here at GRACE and although clinical trials continue, there hasn't been much of anything on it since.

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wadvocator
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The company Novocure now has two treatments approved by FDA and are doing clinical trials on a variety of cancers., with non small cell lung cancer (mestease to the brain) completed phase 2. So hopefully, the modality is now more than just a proof of concept.