Treating cancer with electric fields

A new approach, called :

Tumor Treating Fields

which uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division. —the treatment comes with one big benefit: quality of life.

October,2011

INTRODUCTIONS

• Bill Doyle is the executive chair of Novocure, a company commercializing a new therapeutic modality for solid tumors. He graduated of MIT(Massachusetts Institute of Technology )

• Dr Yoram Palti, M.D., Ph.D. is a veteran scientist and entrepreneur in the field of bio-physics, bio-sensors, and electrophysiology. Dir. Of Neuro-oncology cancer center

He is is the author of more than 40 patents and 70 scientific papers.

What has motivated the research?

• As we know surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are best known for cancer treatment methods. Yoram Palti wanted to present a new approach to search for an effective-antineoplasica therapy. Provide cancer patients a new treatment option so bringing innovative medical technologies to physicians and patients. For him, this treatment comes with one big advantage: the quality of life.

we will make big strides on reducing that death rate that has been so challenging in this disease.

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