How do you improve compliance with TTFields for patients who would like to discontinue therapy?

Patients may have compliance issues with fatigue, anxiety, frequency in shaving the scalp, and desire to remove the device in order to participate in social settings. Our TTF treatment nurse as well as physicians and nursing team are instrumental in providing the necessary patient encouragement, car...

I think that TTF can be an incredibly empowering adjuvant treatment, that I agree should be encouraged as standard. Engaging a patient who might otherwise feel that they have lost control amongst a myriad of treatment hurdles, for which they have little control, can be frustrating. The data now sugg...

I present the data to the patients in a straightforward manner, emphasizing the survival benefits and the low toxicity risk. I try not to frame the discussion in such a way that TTFields are viewed as an optional “add on” to standard treatment, but rather is part of the standard.

I would counsel the benefits of using TTF, as we now have phase III results from EF-14. That being said, some patients may still wish to discontinue therapy. Like my previous answer, I think addressing patient’s concerns about the side effects and stigma with TTF goes a long way. Referring to suppor...