Sentences with phrase «most such tumors»

Most such tumors are operable if found early.

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This method has proven most effective in blood cancers (rather than solid tumors) such as leukemias and lymphomas.

The IBM Watson Health unit is perhaps the most prominent, with the company for the past several years claiming that its AI is assisting major medical centers and hospitals in tasks such as genetically sequencing brain tumors and matching cancer patients to clinical trials.

Most cancer vaccines developed to date have been designed to recognize and attack a specific known molecule — such as a cell - surface receptor — that is likely to be found on cancerous cells in any patient with that type of tumor.

Friedman notes that, even with the increasing number of drugs targeting specific molecular abnormalities that drive tumor growth, most patients are only treated with one such drug at a time.

Further, for each plasmid in the kit, the transcript most commonly found across all TCGA tumor samples is represented, making the results of any such study as clinically relevant as possible.

In addition, he has special expertise in treating complex tumors involving the most critical parts of the brain such as the brain stem and skull base.

These research collaborations have the power to answer questions critical to improving cancer outcomes, such as how tumors develop drug resistance, and what treatments are most effective against particular genomic traits.

The glands lining the inner wall of the colon are the sites for most abnormal cell behavior such as uncontrolled cell growth, which results in polyps (non-cancerous growths) and later on in adenocarcinomas or tumors.

These cancers are often initially susceptible to treatments that damage the tumor's DNA, such as platinum chemotherapy, but most develop resistance and require other treatment strategies.

Unlike solid tumor cancers, leukemia and other blood cancers (most lymphomas) can not be treated with surgery, and radiation is used rarely in special circumstances, such as before a transplant, Dr. Mattison says.

Radiation therapy is a localized process often used for tumors that are not surgically removable, most likely due to a close proximity to vital organs such as the heart or brain.

In most cases a bleeding dog nose is caused by a fungal infection or or cancer such as a canine nose tumor.

Many dogs and most cats are relatively stoic about pain, and problems such as abscessed teeth and oral tumors can easily be missed.

Warts are painless benign tumors and as such are most often ignored once your veterinarian makes a diagnosis.

There are many other causes of swelling in this area such as puncture wounds, abscesses, infections of the teeth, and tumors, but most common relate to the salivary glands.

We are also fully equipped and experienced to perform most soft tissue surgeries such as spays / neuters, tumor removals and most other surgeries your pet might need.

Canine glioma, an aggressive type of brain tumor, occurs most frequently in brachycephalic breeds (those with a broad, short skulls) such as Boxers and Boston terriers, although the tumors occur in other breeds, as well.