Sentences with phrase «previous cancer studies»

Previous cancer studies had shown that by injecting tumors with magnetic nanoparticles made of iron oxide — «essentially rust, with well - tuned magnetic properties,» Anikeeva says — then exposing them to rapidly alternating magnetic fields, excited nanoparticles can be used to heat and destroy cancer tumors while leaving surrounding, healthy tissue intact.

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The IMvigor211 study had been meant to confirm a previous trial, called IMvigor210, that was central to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's accelerated approval last year of Tecentriq against bladder cancer.

While previous studies have also suggested a link between breastfeeding and reduced breast cancer risk, results have been mixed, Stuebe writes.

«This robust study clearly reinforces that screening remains an effective option for detecting breast cancers, and challenges previous estimates of the number of women who are overdiagnosed as a result of breast screening.

Their analysis of data in previous studies done by The Cancer Genome Atlas group have shown that the types of abnormal methylation levels they found are lower in smokers who have quit for more than 10 years than those who have not quit.

Still, previous studies have associated abdomen fat to higher risks of cancer, cardiovascular events and death.

Many studies have shown serum TK1 to be a valuable cancer biomarker, but most previous assays have been enzyme - activity based and may underestimate its presence in solid tumors.

Previous studies by the University of South Carolina's Lucia Pirisi - Kim Creek research group had reported the existence of an HPV - inactive class in head and neck cancers and raised the possibility that HPV - inactive cervical cancers might originate as virally driven cancers and subsequently act independent of HPV.

Previous studies have examined cancer stem cells (CSCs)-- small populations of cells within a tumor that are resistant to chemotherapy.

The trial, a phase 3 study involving major cancer research institutions in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan, enrolled 800 patients with metastatic colorectal cancer that was progressing despite previous treatment.

Previous studies have implicated the roles of both EDD1 and TIP60 in cancer progression, however their roles in viral - mediated cancers have not been well - explored.

Previous studies have found that, in at least half of cases, the cancer cells become resistant to erlotinib by developing a second mutation.

«Previous studies had tested the use of rosiglitazone for cancer treatment, but the outcome was not encouraging.

Previous studies have found that magnesium is inversely associated with the risk of diabetes, which is a risk factor of pancreatic cancer.

These carriers were found to have only a 56 % chance of developing breast cancer by age 70, compared with a figure of 87 % in previous studies.

The researchers found that only 16 % of women with a family history of breast cancer had BRCA1 mutations, compared with the 45 % found in previous studies.

While previous studies have surveyed the genomic characteristics of tumors confined to the prostate gland, the new study is the first to focus on metastatic hormone resistant prostate cancers, which can be difficult to treat because they often develop resistance to standard treatments.

Previous studies of genetic alterations in lymphoma and lung cancer have found that certain genetic mutations — specifically when part of a gene breaks off and gets fused to another — can inappropriately switch on ALK, driving cancer cells to grow and divide.

Several previous studies have found an association between increasing nut consumption and a lower risk of diseases such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, colon cancer, gallstones, and diverticulitis.

Most previous studies asked patients already diagnosed with a disease, such as brain cancer, to recall past cell phone use — a less reliable method.

Previous studies have shown links between human gut bacteria and increased risk of a wide variety of diseases including diabetes, autism, heart disease, and even some forms of cancer.

The study builds on previous findings suggesting that AIM2 limits cancer cell growth in colon cancer cell lines, Wilson said, as well as on a clinical report of poor prognosis in colon cancer patients with low or missing AIM2 levels.

But he notes that NSAIDS taken by migraine patients may account for the lower cancer risk as previous studies have shown.

Previous studies have indicated that cervical cancer survivors treated with radiation have an increased risk for second primary malignancies, yet no preventive recommendations have been established.

«We know from previous research that lack of insurance typically results in diagnosis of cancer at a later, and usually less treatable, stage,» said lead study author Xuesong Han, PhD, Strategic Director, Health Policy and Healthcare Delivery Research, American Cancer Socancer at a later, and usually less treatable, stage,» said lead study author Xuesong Han, PhD, Strategic Director, Health Policy and Healthcare Delivery Research, American Cancer SoCancer Society.

What's more, the researchers found that blocking this mechanism with HCQ — a drug used to treat malaria that has been shown in previous studies to block autophagy — limited BRAF inhibitor - induced autophagy and enhanced cancer cell death in mouse models.

Semenza says previous studies have shown that resistance to chemotherapy arises from the hardy nature of cancer stem cells, which are often found in the centers of tumors, where oxygen levels are quite low.

«This miRNA suppresses expression of HMGA1, a gene that was shown in previous studies to be associated with prostate cancer progression and recurrence,» says Leung.

Previous studies had linked high genetic diversity within bacterial infections or in cancers with poor outcomes for patients treated with antimicrobial or chemotherapy drugs.

Previous studies suggest the drink may protect against cancer of the prostate or lung.

Previous studies, he adds, have shown that taking testosterone at the wrong time — particularly by men with symptoms of active cancer progression who have not yet received testosterone - blocking therapy — can make the disease worse.

He adds that although the new research from Japan found no link between tea consumption and cancer risk, more research is needed to resolve the conflict between this and previous cancer - related studies.

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«Previous studies have linked increased stress with accelerated onset of metastasis in some forms of breast cancer,» said Michelle L. Halls, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Drug Discovery Biology Theme at Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University in Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

The tolerability profile in patients with advanced cancer was similar to that observed in two previous studies in 150 healthy volunteers who received entolimod in a similar dose range.

For the animal study, the researchers separated 52 mice with colon cancer tumors into three groups, including a control group and groups that were fed either the grape compounds or sulindac, an anti-inflammatory drug, which was chosen because a previous study showed it significantly reduced the number of tumors in humans.

Previous studies have indicated that non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics were more likely to be diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer than non-Hispanic whites.

Previous studies have shown that a small molecule known as ONC201 currently in advanced cancer clinical trials, targets self - renewing colorectal cancer stem cells.

Previous studies have suggested that eating lots of red and processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer and it is estimated that around 1 in 5 bowel cancers in the UK are linked to eating these meats.

Previous studies have hinted that silver compounds could also kill cancer cells.

Because there is a known clinical connection between eye melanoma and skin cancer, in this study researchers sought to determine whether there were commonly shared genetic factors between both diseases, as the inherited genetic risk of skin melanoma has been more extensively explored in previous medical literature.

Previous studies from these researchers have showed that FL118 induces cancer cell death, or apoptosis, by inhibiting expression of multiple cell - survival proteins (survivin, Mcl - 1, XIAP or cIAP2).

Previous research looked at high doses of purified resveratrol to study its potential to prevent cancer.

«Most previous studies aggregate all comorbidities into an index with little consideration of how a specific comorbid condition can impact lung cancer outcomes in an individual,» Islam said.

Study findings were consistent with previous research suggesting that elderly women are at high - risk for inadequate surgical treatment of cancer.

The ARIC data were especially useful to study because unlike most previous research linking gum disease and cancer risk, periodontitis cases were determined from dental examinations performed as part of the ARIC study rather than participants» self - reports of the disease.

Previous studies had suggested that a gene mutation known as W4P / R was associated with higher incidence of liver cancer and cirrhosis.

In previous studies, including recent genome sequencing of cancer patients, human SETD2 has been implicated in several cancer types, especially in renal cell carcinoma — the most common kind of kidney cancer.

Previous studies have suggested that shorter telomeres are linked to heart disease, dementia and cancer.

While this study suggests that survivors often report strong social connections, our previous studies have reported that childhood cancer survivors are more likely than their peers to struggle mentally and physically and report issues like distress and loneliness,» Huang said.