Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery ›› 2019, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (12): 931-935. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2019.12.005

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Application of tumor-treating fields method in the treatment of glioblastoma: from basic to clinical

LIN Yu, YANG Xue-jun   

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin 300052, China
  • Received:2019-11-16 Online:2019-12-25 Published:2020-01-03
  • Contact: YANG Xue-jun (Email:ydenny@126.com)
  • Supported by:

    This study was supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFC0115603).

肿瘤治疗电场在胶质母细胞瘤治疗中的应用:从基础到临床

林雨, 杨学军   

  1. 300052 天津医科大学总医院神经外科
  • 通讯作者: 杨学军,Email:ydenny@126.com
  • 基金资助:

    国家重点研发计划项目(项目编号:2018YFC0115603)

Abstract:

Glioblastoma is one of the most intractable malignant tumors in human beings. Even if the patients received comprehensive treatment including the maximum surgical resection, postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy and sequential chemotherapy, the median survival time of patients was only 14.6 months. In recent years, researchers have found that medium frequency electric field with extremely low-intensity can rapidly destroy the dividing tumor cells, and named it as tumor-treating fields (TTF). Clinical trials also showed the TTF can significantly improve the quality of life, prolong progression free survival period and the overall survival of patients with glioblastoma. In the past decade, TTF is the only proven treatment that can prolong the survival period and expected to rewrite the tumor treatment modality. In this article, the basic experiments, theoretical models and clinical trials of TTF will be reviewed.

Key words: Glioblastoma, Tumor-treating fields (not in MeSH), Review

摘要:

胶质母细胞瘤是难治性恶性肿瘤之一,即使予以最大限度地手术安全切除、术后放射治疗联合同步药物化疗、序贯药物化疗等综合治疗,患者中位生存期仍仅能维持14.6个月。近年研究显示,极低强度的中频电场可以破坏快速分裂的肿瘤细胞,并命名为肿瘤治疗电场(TTF)。TTF不仅可以显著提高胶质母细胞瘤患者的生活质量、延长无进展生存期和总生存期,而且是近10余年来唯一被验证可以延长生存期的治疗方法,是一项有望改写临床肿瘤治疗方式的新兴技术。

关键词: 胶质母细胞瘤, 肿瘤治疗电场(非MeSH词), 综述