Nuevo tratamiento no invasivo contra el cáncer (glioblastoma)

1. Treating cancer
with electric fields

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

11. THANK YOU