tumor treating fields for meso - how does this actually work

Joe's been on the immunotherapy since November but we've definitely heard about TTFields from his oncologist at Moffitt Cancer Center here in Tampa. They mentioned it as something to potentially add down the line if needed, so I've been trying to understand it too because, honestly, medical stuff can feel like learning a whole new curriculum when you're not prepared for it.

What I get from talking to his care team is that it's really about disrupting the cancer cells when they're trying to divide. The vest thing sounds intimidating but from what other folks have told us it becomes pretty routine after a couple weeks. One person at our support group said she'd wear hers while watching TV or reading, so it's not like you're stuck in bed or anything.

The thing that made sense to me is that it's gentler than traditional chemo in terms of whole body impact, but it does require that commitment of wearing it most of the day. We haven't started it yet with Joe but his team said if the immunotherapy hits a plateau they'd probably recommend combining it with TTFields to really attack it from different angles.

How's your oncologist thinking about timing with it? Stage II might be a different conversation than where Joe is now...