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Novocure establishes initial Clinical Centers of Excellence for Treatment of Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme with Tumor Treating Fields Therapy

Date:12/2/2011

he certification needed to provide the Novocure TTF therapy to patients. We recognize and appreciate the time and effort dedicated by these individuals to ensure their patients have access to this new treatment."

GBM is the most aggressive and most common form of primary brain tumor in the U.S. The disease affects approximately 10,000 Americans each year. The median overall survival time from initial diagnosis is 15 months with optimal treatment, and median survival from the time of tumor recurrence is only 3-5 months without additional effective treatment. The disease is widely recognized as one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of cancer.

TTF therapy, a novel platform technology for the treatment of solid tumors, provides physicians with a fourth treatment modality for cancer in addition to surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

TTF therapy has been shown in vitro and in vivo to effectively inhibit tumor growth by inducing cell death. TTF takes advantage of the electrical characteristics, geometrical shape and replication rate of dividing cancer cells all of which makes them susceptible to the effects of alternating electric fields. TTF therapy is delivered using non-invasive, insulated transducer arrays that are placed directly on the skin in the region of the tumor. TTF therapy does not deliver any electric current to the tissue; it does not stimulate nerves or muscles or heat the tissue. It creates an artificial, alternating electric field within the tumor which disrupts cancer cell division and can cause complete destruction of the dividing cancer cells.

About the NovoTTF-100A System

NovoTTF-100A System is a portable, non-invasive medical device designed for continuous use throughout the day by the patient. The device has been shown in in vitro and in vivo studies to slow and reverse tumor growth by inhibiting mitosis, the process by which cells divide and replicate. The NovoTTF-100A device
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Contact: Frank Leonard
frank@novocure.com
215-854-4095
Edelman Public Relations
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