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Enhancing Tumor Treating Fields Therapy with Skull-Remodeling Surgery. The Role of Finite Element Methods in Surgery Planning

Anders Rosendal Korshoej, Nikola Mikic, Frederik Lundgaard Hansen, Guilherme B. Saturnino, Axel Thielscher, Zéev Bomzon

2019 · 15 citations · 8 references

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Skull-remodeling surgery has been proposed to enhance the dose of tumor treating fields in glioblastoma treatment. This abstract describes the finite element methods used to plan the surgery and evaluate the treatment efficacy.

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