Excellent Treatment Options For Brain Tumors

Alternating Electric Field Therapy

Alternating electric field therapy can disrupt the ability for tumor cells to spread and grow. This is a treatment option that may help individuals who have a glioblastoma. Alternating electric field therapy can be used alone or following surgical intervention, and in some cases, it is used along with radiation or chemotherapeutic drugs. For some patients, doctors consider this treatment before chemotherapeutic drugs because it tends to cause fewer side effects. In alternating electric field therapy, the head is shaved so the electrodes will sit on the scalp. Mild electrical currents are generated to affect the tumor cells, and it is believed these currents will not negatively impact healthy cells.