Life-prolonging treatment that can be "worn":
Shaare Zedek Hospital recently began providing life-prolonging treatment by a sweater that disrupts cancer cells.
The first three patients in Israel used the new technology at Shaare Zedek - and the experiment shows increased life extension.
The innovative treatment method TTFields - Tumor Treating Fields is non-invasive, and is performed using a special vest that works with the technology of electric fields that are transferred to the malignant growth area and disrupt its progress.
Prof. Nir Peled, Director of the Oncology Division at Shaare Zedek, Photo: Shaare Zedek Hospital
Prof. Nir Peled, Director of the Oncology Division at Shaare Zedek, who is leading the first study in the country in this field, explains that the method has been proven to be effective worldwide in a variety of cancers, although in lung cancer treatment is in clinical trials.
"The latest study, performed in 80 mesothelioma lung cancer patients who received Alimeta, carboplatin or cisplatin chemotherapy alongside the use of the sweater, showed increased life expectancy. "Improved response to treatment. The treatment provides a new solution for patients whose existing treatments are ineffective in treating their disease."
"Development enables mobility"
R., 53, one of the first in the country to receive the treatment, told about life alongside the disease from the age of 21. "It started as Hodgkin's lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes. I have not started life yet," she recalled.
"I went through radiation and treatments for eight months. During the treatments I continued with the routine, I studied in college, and the truth is that I went through the disease like a big one. When the treatments ended and the hair grew, the forces returned, the fears dissipated. The cough came back, and with it the cancer. All I cared about was that the baby would be born and then I would get treatments, and so it was. I was treated for about a year with chemotherapy. Hair loss again, weakness. When the disease disappeared I felt like a hero, But I thought to myself that I have actually already won twice, and I owe it to myself and my children, who are the anchor of my life, to think positively and try what we can to overcome,
And meanwhile live life with humor and smiles - and now also with electric fields.
The fields allow me mobility, since they are attached to a non-heavy, and even fashionable side bag.
I was pleasantly surprised by the comfort, and I hope it will do the job from the inside.
"I believe in my doctor, Prof. Nir Peled, accompanied by Inbal Granot, who coordinates the entire wonderful staff of Shaare Zedek Hospital, myself, those around me and the Creator of the world. You can continue life even when you are seriously ill, and still smile and say thank you. To seek hope and faith, to make lemonade from lemon. "
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