Technology Offers New Hope as a Brain Tumor Treatment

The NovoTTF-100A System uses electrodes to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive form of brain tumor.

In 2010, there were 13,140 deaths from brain and other nervous system cancers in the United States. In April 2011, the FDA approved the NovoTTF-100A System that will offer new hope for adults with recurring or progressing GBM even after receiving chemotherapy and radiation therapies.

Smartphones that Detect Cancer

A microNMR device that can detect cancer in an hour and send the results right to a smartphone.

"...oncologists have needed a rapid, minimally intrusive, and accurate method for cancer screening for a long time. The beauty of the microNMR device is that it solves a handful of problems that plague current cancer screening methods..."