Sentences with phrase «most tumors eventually»

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Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified a set of genes that appear to predict which tumors can evade detection by the body's immune system, a step that may enable them to eventually target only the patients most likely to respond best to a new class of treatment.

But although most patients» tumors initially shrank, the reintroduced T cells eventually became less effective and stopped proliferating.

Unfortunately, however, in most cases a kind of resistance develops: Eventually, the cancer cells no longer respond to the drug and the tumor spreads again.

Cats with small tumors located on the lower jaw (mandible) that are treated with surgery have a better chance of surviving for one year; however, most will still eventually succumb to the disease.