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What's the device that he describes as "funny-looking headgear that makes me look like an Irish Rabbi"? From http://richardlynch.blogspot.com/2014/01/end-game.h
by jey 13y ago
What's the device that he describes as "funny-looking headgear that makes me look like an Irish Rabbi"? From http://richardlynch.blogspot.com/2014/01/end-game.html http://richardlynch.blogspot.com/2014/01/end-game.html
- mikeyouse 13y agoIt looks like a Novocure TTF System. A fairly brilliant piece of technology that unfortunately is only useful in patients with glioblastomas that are past the point of surgery or chemotherapy. Good video: http://www.novottftherapy.com/patients-about.php?ID=3 http://www.novottftherapy.com/patients-about.php?ID=3 It applies an alternating electrical field to the brain to prevent cellular replication. It must be worn for 18 hours/day for several months to see 'better' outcomes. I scare-quoted 'better' since the therapy improves a 0% survival rate at 36-months to a 10% survival rate, which is obviously an improvement, but just highlights how awful glios are. Paper which led to FDA approval: http://www.virtualtrials.com/pdf/Stupp_NovoTTF.pdf http://www.virtualtrials.com/pdf/Stupp_NovoTTF.pdf