Tumor-Treating Fields: A fourth modality in cancer treatment, new practice updates

R Arvind, SR Chandana, MJ Borad… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although major innovations in treatment are advancing, cancer persists as one of the
leading causes of mortality. With the rising incidence of cancer and as we treat them …

Exploring the efficacy of tumor electric field therapy against glioblastoma: An in vivo and in vitro study

H Wu, L Yang, H Liu, D Zhou, D Chen… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Tumor electric fields therapy (TTFields) is emerging as a novel anti‐cancer
physiotherapy. Despite recent breakthroughs of TTFields in glioma treatment, the average …

Treating solid tumors using tumor treating fields: an overview of the theory and practices

Z Bomzon - … and Technologies for Electromagnetic Energy Based …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, a new modality for treating cancer has emerged: tumor treating fields
(TTFields). Tumor treating fields are electric fields in the frequency range of 100–500 kHz …

Tumor treating fields–behind and beyond inhibiting the cancer cell cycle

C Kissling, S Di Santo - … (Formerly Current Drug Targets-CNS & …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
The unmet need for a safe treatment that significantly improves the overall survival, as well
as the quality of life of patients with brain tumors, has urged researchers to work out new …

The use of tissue electrical characteristics for breast cancer detection: a perspective review

EYK Ng, SV Sree, KH Ng… - Technology in cancer …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Breast cancer is the most frequently occurring malignancy in women. It is characterized by a
high mortality rate. For the purpose of detecting this life threatening disease, research efforts …

Bioelectric and biomagnetic methods for cancer research and therapy—a survey

H Berg - Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Possibilities and trends of adjuvant bioelectrochemical and bioelectromagnetic treatments of
cancer on the cellular, animal, and patient levels are presented. Currently, DC …

Permeabilizing cell membranes with electric fields

AA Aguilar, MC Ho, E Chang, KW Carlson, A Natarajan… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The FDA recently approved a fourth approach (in addition to surgery,
radiation therapy, and chemotherapy) for treating glioblastoma; namely, tumor treating fields …

Tumour-treating fields (TTFields): Investigations on the mechanism of action by electromagnetic exposure of cells in telophase/cytokinesis

L Berkelmann, A Bader, S Meshksar, A Dierks… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Tumour-treating fields (TTFields) use alternating electric fields which interfere with dividing
cells, thereby reducing tumour growth. Previous reports suggest that electrical forces on cell …

[HTML][HTML] Immuno nanoparticles integrated electrical control of targeted cancer cell development using whole cell bioelectronic device

E Hondroulis, R Zhang, C Zhang, C Chen, K Ino… - Theranostics, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Electrical properties of cells determine most of the cellular functions, particularly ones which
occur in the cell's membrane. Manipulation of these electrical properties may provide a …

Tumor treating fields (TTFields)–A novel cancer treatment modality: translating preclinical evidence and engineering into a survival benefit with delayed decline in …

R Stupp, M Taphoorn, L Dirven, S Taillibert… - Annals of …, 2017 - annalsofoncology.org
Background: TTFields is a novel cancer treatment modality using a patient-operated home-
use device delivering alternating electrical fields interfering with cell division and selectively …