Not exact matches
Mice injected with breast
cancer cells making lots of a long strand of RNA called HOTAIR developed 10 times as many
lung tumors as controls (left) did.
These sacks, or vesicles, change their delivery routes and fundamentally alter the perimeter of the
cancer cells making it possible for the
cell to detach from its fixed position in the
lung and travel to other areas of the body.
One major change is the recommendation to test for alterations to the gene ROS1 in all cases of
lung adenocarcinoma, which
make up about half of all cases of non-small
cell lung cancer.
«Many
lung cancer patients have their diagnosis
made by fine needle aspirate — doctors extract
cells via a long needle.
In project on BRAF - mutant melanoma and EGFR - mutant non-small
cell lung cancer, we conceived a novel drug sensitivity metric, the DIP rate, that
makes it possible to incorporate drug - induced proliferation rates in predictive models of response.
In Wisconsin, a group of researchers conducted a study using mice to see if adding pomegranate juice to their diet
made a significant impact on
lung cancer cells.
Since the most common cause of death is not the tumor, but the spread of
cancer to the
lungs, chemotherapy is used to
make sure that all of the
cancer cells are killed (Adriamycin (doxorubicin) and cisplatin or carboplatin).