Glioblastoma Multiforme

University evaluates a new noninvasive device to treat brain tumors

Published in Cancer Weekly, December 12th, 2006

The University of Illinois at Chicago has enrolled the first patient in the United States in a study of a new noninvasive treatment for the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor.

The international, multi-center trial will compare the best standard treatments - surgical removal of the tumor, radiotherapy or chemotherapy - to that treatment combined with a new, noninvasive therapy that provides alternating electrical fields directly to the surface of the head.

"This therapy is a totally novel approach that is, in concept, relatively simple," said Dr. Herbert Engelhard, associate professor of neurosurgery and site investigator for the trial at...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-12-12)

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