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Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research
BACKGROUND: Tumor treating fields (TTFields) is an FDA‐approved adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma. The distribution of an applied electric field has been shown to be governed by distinct tissue structures and electrical conductivity. Of all the tissues the skull plays a significant role in modifying...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9883554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35861406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5037 |
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author | Jin, Taian Dou, Zhangqi Zhao, Yu Jiang, Biao Xu, Jinghong Zhang, Buyi Wei, Boxing Dong, Fei Zhang, Jianmin Sun, Chongran |
author_facet | Jin, Taian Dou, Zhangqi Zhao, Yu Jiang, Biao Xu, Jinghong Zhang, Buyi Wei, Boxing Dong, Fei Zhang, Jianmin Sun, Chongran |
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description | BACKGROUND: Tumor treating fields (TTFields) is an FDA‐approved adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma. The distribution of an applied electric field has been shown to be governed by distinct tissue structures and electrical conductivity. Of all the tissues the skull plays a significant role in modifying the distribution of the electric field due to its large impedance. In this study, we studied how remodeling of the skull would affect the therapeutic outcome of TTFields, using a computational approach. METHODS: Head models were created from the head template ICBM152 and five realistic head models. The electric field distribution was simulated using the default TTFields array layout. To study the impact of the skull on the electric field, we compared three cases, namely, intact skull, defective skull, and insulating process, wherein a thin electrical insulating layer was added between the transducer and the hydrogel. The electric field strength and heating power were calculated using the FEM (finite element method). RESULTS: Removing the skull flap increased the average field strength at the tumor site, without increasing the field strength of “brain”. The ATVs of the supratentorial tumors were enhanced significantly. Meanwhile, the heating power of the gels increased, especially those overlapping the skull defect site. Insulation lightly decreased the electric field strength and significantly decreased the heating power in deep tumor models. CONCLUSION: Our simulation results showed that a skull defect was beneficial for superficial tumors but had an adverse effect on deep tumors. Skull removal should be considered as an optional approach in future TTFields therapy to enhance its efficacy. An insulation process could be used as a joint option to reduce the thermogenic effect of skull defect. If excessive increase in heating power is observed in certain patients, insulating material could be used to mitigate overheating without sacrificing the therapeutic effect of TTFields. |
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spelling | pubmed-98835542023-01-31 Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research Jin, Taian Dou, Zhangqi Zhao, Yu Jiang, Biao Xu, Jinghong Zhang, Buyi Wei, Boxing Dong, Fei Zhang, Jianmin Sun, Chongran Cancer Med RESEARCH ARTICLES BACKGROUND: Tumor treating fields (TTFields) is an FDA‐approved adjuvant therapy for glioblastoma. The distribution of an applied electric field has been shown to be governed by distinct tissue structures and electrical conductivity. Of all the tissues the skull plays a significant role in modifying the distribution of the electric field due to its large impedance. In this study, we studied how remodeling of the skull would affect the therapeutic outcome of TTFields, using a computational approach. METHODS: Head models were created from the head template ICBM152 and five realistic head models. The electric field distribution was simulated using the default TTFields array layout. To study the impact of the skull on the electric field, we compared three cases, namely, intact skull, defective skull, and insulating process, wherein a thin electrical insulating layer was added between the transducer and the hydrogel. The electric field strength and heating power were calculated using the FEM (finite element method). RESULTS: Removing the skull flap increased the average field strength at the tumor site, without increasing the field strength of “brain”. The ATVs of the supratentorial tumors were enhanced significantly. Meanwhile, the heating power of the gels increased, especially those overlapping the skull defect site. Insulation lightly decreased the electric field strength and significantly decreased the heating power in deep tumor models. CONCLUSION: Our simulation results showed that a skull defect was beneficial for superficial tumors but had an adverse effect on deep tumors. Skull removal should be considered as an optional approach in future TTFields therapy to enhance its efficacy. An insulation process could be used as a joint option to reduce the thermogenic effect of skull defect. If excessive increase in heating power is observed in certain patients, insulating material could be used to mitigate overheating without sacrificing the therapeutic effect of TTFields. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9883554/ /pubmed/35861406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5037 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Cancer Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | RESEARCH ARTICLES Jin, Taian Dou, Zhangqi Zhao, Yu Jiang, Biao Xu, Jinghong Zhang, Buyi Wei, Boxing Dong, Fei Zhang, Jianmin Sun, Chongran Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research |
title | Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research |
title_full | Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research |
title_fullStr | Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research |
title_full_unstemmed | Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research |
title_short | Skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: A computational simulating research |
title_sort | skull defect increases the tumor treating fields strength without detrimental thermogenic effect: a computational simulating research |
topic | RESEARCH ARTICLES |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9883554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35861406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5037 |
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