# Treating cancer with electric fields

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2011
- Speaker: Bill Doyle
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_doyle_treating_cancer_with_electric_fields)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Treating cancer with electric fields](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/bill_doyle_treating_cancer_with_electric_fields/431e4b3ee2a4), 16 min (TED's player)