novocure Optune - What Is Optune and How Does It Work?

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3 What Is Optune
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and How Does It Work?
Your doctor has prescribed Optune because you are a good candidate for the device.
Optune is a treatment for adult patients (22 years of age or older). Optune is used after surgery and radiation with
chemotherapy have been used if possible. A discussion of brain cancer and treatment options is found at the end
of this Patient Manual in Section 29.
A doctor may use Optune to treat a patient with newly diagnosed brain cancer (called glioblastoma multiforme,
or “GBM”) in the higher parts of the brain, together with temozolomide (a type of cancer drug).
A doctor may also use Optune to treat a patient with GBM that reappears after they have had chemotherapy
(cancer drugs). When Optune is used after it reappears it is used alone, instead of standard medical therapy for GBM.
Optune is a portable device. It produces electric fields, called tumor treatment fields (“TTFields”). Transducer arrays
connected to the device deliver TTFields to your head. The TTFields are intended to destroy brain cancer cells.
The device and battery are carried in a shoulder bag. You should use them all the time.
In this manual, the term “Optune Treatment Kit” refers to the Electric Field Generator (also called “the device”),
connection cable, transducer arrays, power supply, battery and battery charger.
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