Electric fields device by Novocure shows promise in extending lung cancer survival.

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Electric fields device by Novocure shows promise in extending lung cancer survival.
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Novocure's medical device, Optune, which creates electric fields in the lungs via wearable skin patches, extended the survival of patients with lung cancer in a clinical trial. The study achieved its primary goal and showed a survival benefit for patients with lung cancer that progressed following initial chemotherapy. However, doubts remain as the data doesn't fit the current medical practice for patients with lung cancer.

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