So Joe's oncologist at Moffitt brought this up last week and honestly I had no idea what she was talking about. TTFields or tumor treating fields or whatever the acronym is. She said it's something they're using more now for meso patients, especially pleural, and I'm trying to figure out if this is something we should be considering or if it's just another thing they throw at you when you're desperate.
From what I can gather it's like... electrical patches you wear? And they're supposed to mess with cancer cells somehow. The science part lost me but basically electrical currents that make it harder for the cells to divide. It's FDA approved for brain cancer and they're doing trials with meso now.
What I'm trying to figure out is whether anybody here has actual experience with this. Like are people doing it alongside their immunotherapy or chemo? Does it actually improve survival numbers or is it more of a "we might as well try everything" kind of thing? And I'm guessing it's gotta be expensive even if insurance covers some of it.
Joe starts his next round of treatment in early January and I want to go into that appointment with real questions instead of just nodding along while I'm panicking about what comes next. Has anyone on here dealt with TTFields or had their doctor recommend it?