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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2023

Multi-Institutional Patterns of Use of Tumor-Treating Fields for Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.

Tugce Kutuk, Joshua M Walker, Matthew T Ballo, Robert B Cameron, Jean Bustamante Alvarez, Sheema Chawla, Eric Luk, Deepti Behl, Alan Dal Pra, Neil Morganstein and 5 more

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Tugce KutukDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL 33176, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0416-8612
Joshua M WalkerDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
Matthew T BalloDepartment of Radiation Oncology, West Cancer Center & Research Institute, Memphis, TN 38138, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0270-8726
Robert B CameronDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Jean Bustamante AlvarezDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, West Virginia University Healthcare, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.
Sheema ChawlaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY 14621, USA.
Eric LukDepartment of Medical Oncology, Ochsner Benson Cancer Center, Jefferson, LA 70121, USA.
Deepti BehlDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sutter Health-Sutter Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA.
Alan Dal PraDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33125, USA.
Neil MorgansteinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, NJ 07960, USA.
Tamer RefaatDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
Arshin SheybaniDepartment of Radiation Oncology, John Stoddard Cancer Center, Des Moines, IA 50309, USA.
Christian SquillanteDepartment of Medical Oncology, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA.
Jun ZhangDivision of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 64154, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7886-6187
Rupesh KotechaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL 33176, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6927-0402

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the device usage rates and patterns of use regarding Tumor-Treating Fields (TTFields) for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) throughout the US. (2) Methods: We evaluated de-identified data from 33 patients with MPM enrolled in FDA-required HDE protocols at 14 institutions across the US from September 2019 to March 2022. (3) Results: The median number of total TTFields usage days was 72 (range: 6-649 days), and the total treatment duration was 160 months for all patients. A low usage rate (defined as less than 6 h per day, 25%) was observed in 34 (21.2%) months. The median TTFields usage in the first 3 months was 12 h per day (range: 1.9-21.6 h), representing 50% (range: 8-90%) of the potential daily duration. The median TTFields usage after 3 months decreased to 9.1 h per day (range: 3.1-17 h), representing 38% (range: 13-71%) of the daily duration, and was lower than usage in the first 3 months (

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Mesothelioma, MalignantNeoplasmsHumansmalignant pleural mesotheliomareal-world experiencetumor-treating fields (TTFields)usage

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PMID37366877
PMCPMC10297418

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