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Bill Doyle: Treating cancer with electric fields

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Surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are the best-known methods for treating cancer. At TEDMED, Bill Doyle presents a new approach, called Tumor Treating Fields, which uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division. Still in its infancy -- and approved for only certain types of cancer -- the treatment comes with one big benefit: quality of life.

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TEDTalks, TEDMED 2011, TED, Talks, cancer, medical research, technology, 2011

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