Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Novocure® - Tumor Treating Fields

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Sinopsis

Pritesh Shah, Chief Commercial Officer of device maker Novocure® discusses Tumor Treating Fields, a cap-like device that aims electric fields at cancer cells to disrupt cell division and inhibit tumor growth. He describes how Tumor Treating Fields pinpoints aggressive tumors with minimal damage to healthy cells. He talks about research on possible future indications such as combining Tumor Treating Fields with Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda® to treat non-small cell lung cancer.