Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) has been on a tremendous run -- up 17 times over the last five years -- leaving many investors thinking that they missed the boat. But in investing, winners keep on winning. Recent news in the lung cancer treatment area for Novocure's Optune, a wearable cancer treatment platform that creates a low-intensity electric field called Tumor Treating Fields, has investors excited.
Currently, Optune is approved for glioblastoma multiforme. The treatment can extend survival from diagnosis to 25 months (up from 16 months). Optune was also recently approved for mesothelioma, and seems to have positive data in store for investors from its evaluation as a treatment for stage 4 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which caused the stock to pop over 40% this week. And the company is just getting started.
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