Optune Device Extends Life Expectancy Of Littleton Man With Brain Littleton, colo. (cbs4)– a man with stage 4 brain cancer is beating the odds. bruce stahlman has extended his life expectancy with a treatment at uchealth: a portable, painless device. he wears a sci fi looking skull cap with electrodes connected to a backpack. The optune device delivers low intensity, 200 kilohertz, alternating electric fields into bruce’s brain via 27 electrodes stuck about his head. the electrodes get moved every two days to prevent the irritation of a scalp bruce now keeps clean shaven.
Brain Cancer Is Optune News A man with stage 4 brain cancer is beating the odds. bruce stahlman has extended his life expectancy with a treatment at uchealth: a portable, painless device. Cbs 4: optune device extends life expectancy of littleton man with brain cancer . photo credit: cbs4 news . littleton, colo. (cbs4) a man with stage 4 brain cancer is beating the odds. bruce stahlman has extended his life expectancy with a treatment at uchealth: a portable, painless device. So remarkable that the first clinical trials were ended early because of positive results — optune was clinically effective, adding three to five months to life expectancy, with better quality of life for patients and without the side effects that can come with chemotherapy. The portable device, called optune, is a skullcap with electrode pads that are attached to a shaven head. a separate battery about the size of a small laptop inside a backpack powers the unit. optune emits low level electrical fields that target dividing cancer cells in the brain.
Brain Cancer Is Optune Wizardry So remarkable that the first clinical trials were ended early because of positive results — optune was clinically effective, adding three to five months to life expectancy, with better quality of life for patients and without the side effects that can come with chemotherapy. The portable device, called optune, is a skullcap with electrode pads that are attached to a shaven head. a separate battery about the size of a small laptop inside a backpack powers the unit. optune emits low level electrical fields that target dividing cancer cells in the brain. Optune has been found to extend gbm median survival by five months according to a clinical trial. that may not sound much, but it’s a huge deal if you’ve only got nine months to live. It’s a killer tumor, one that accounts for about half of all brain tumors. each year, about 13,000 people in the united states are diagnosed with one and about 10,000 people die of one. the average patient survives about 15 months even with the surgery and the follow up radiation therapy and chemotherapy regimens bruce subsequently went through. My use of the device, i feel, is responsible for my exceeding my 1 year life expectancy. i did have side effects when using in conjunction with the chemo, but since i’ve only been on the device i have only occasional skin blisters where the ttf is adhesively attached to my head.
Optune Therapy Preston A Wells Jr Centerfor Brain Tumor Therapy Optune has been found to extend gbm median survival by five months according to a clinical trial. that may not sound much, but it’s a huge deal if you’ve only got nine months to live. It’s a killer tumor, one that accounts for about half of all brain tumors. each year, about 13,000 people in the united states are diagnosed with one and about 10,000 people die of one. the average patient survives about 15 months even with the surgery and the follow up radiation therapy and chemotherapy regimens bruce subsequently went through. My use of the device, i feel, is responsible for my exceeding my 1 year life expectancy. i did have side effects when using in conjunction with the chemo, but since i’ve only been on the device i have only occasional skin blisters where the ttf is adhesively attached to my head.
Optune Device Positive Outlook Lets Brain Cancer Patient Live His Life My use of the device, i feel, is responsible for my exceeding my 1 year life expectancy. i did have side effects when using in conjunction with the chemo, but since i’ve only been on the device i have only occasional skin blisters where the ttf is adhesively attached to my head.
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