ArticleAmerican journal of cancer research2022
The combination of tumor treating fields and hyperthermia has synergistic therapeutic effects in glioblastoma cells by downregulating STAT3.
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- Exploring the molecular mechanism of cancer radiosensitization: the impact of physical stimulation therapy.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2025Review
- Synergistic effects of combined hyperthermia and electric fields treatment in non-small cell lung-cancer (NSCLC) cell lines.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Article
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- Tumor-treating fields in cancer therapy: advances of cellular and molecular mechanisms.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025Review
- Alternating electric fields transform the intricate network of tumour vasculature into orderly parallel capillaries and enhance the anti-angiogenesis effect of bevacizumab.Cell proliferation · 2025Article
- Hyperthermia reduces cancer cell invasion and combats chemoresistance and immune evasion in human bladder cancer.International journal of oncology · 2024Article
- Theory and application of TTFields in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Review
- Glioblastoma Therapy: Past, Present and Future.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Therapeutic potential of tumor treating fields for malignant brain tumors.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2023Review
- Anti-cancer mechanisms of action of therapeutic alternating electric fields (tumor treating fields [TTFields]).Journal of molecular cell biology · 2022Review
- The schemes, mechanisms and molecular pathway changes of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) alone or in combination with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Cell death discovery · 2022Review
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- Synergetic Effect of Tumor Treating Fields and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Cell Apoptosis and Genotoxicity of Three Different Human Cancer Cell Lines.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common type of brain tumor, is a very aggressive and treatment-refractory cancer, with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 5%. Hyperthermia (HT) and tumor treating fields (TTF) therapy have been used to treat cancer, either alone or in combination with other treatment methods. Both treatments have been reported to increase the efficacy of other treatment techniques and to improve patient prognosis. The present study evaluated the therapeutic effects of combining HT and TTF on GBM cell lines. Cells were subjected to HT, TTF, HT+TTF, or neither treatment, followed by comparisons of cell proliferation, apoptosis, migration and invasiveness. Clonogenic assays showed that the two treatments had a synergistic effect. The levels of cleaved PARP and cleaved caspase-3 were higher and apoptosis was increased in cells treated with HT+TTF than in cells treated with HT or TTF alone. In addition, HT+TTF showed greater inhibition of GBM cell migration and invasiveness and greater downregulation of STAT3 than either HT or TTF alone. The stronger anticancer effect of HT+TTF suggested that this combination treatment can increase the survival rate of patients with difficult-to-treat cancers such as GBM.
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