Sentences with phrase «about early cancer»

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When Kaufman, Zon and colleagues looked to see what was different about these early cancer cells, they found that crestin and the other activated genes are the same ones turned on during zebrafish embryonic development — specifically, in the stem cells that give rise to the pigment cells known as melanocytes, within a structure called the neural crest.

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That's why people must be vigilant about protecting their skin from sun exposure and aware of the early warning signs of skin cancer,» said Dr. James.

Moreover, exposure to plastics is known to have an effect on early puberty in girls and we all know about the risk of cancer.

Part of my mission is to share information about ovarian cancer with women in order to help them understand the risk factors, symptoms and precautions to promote early detection and reduce ovarian cancer related deaths.

Earlier in September, I wrote about National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.

While appearing at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Sandra Lee's documentary Early Detection — A Cancer Journey With Sandra Lee, Gov. Andrew Cuomo spoke with US Weekly about the primary challenge he faces from Cynthia Nixon.

Another confident PMQs performance from David Cameron during which he promised to talk to Andrew Lansley about possibly introducing the Cancer Drugs Fund early.

As a breast cancer survivor, I've given talks about breast cancer all over America helping to educate women about the importance of early detection and being proactive when it comes to treatment.

Shaw seems to overcome concerns about his health from earlier in the cycle (he battled lung cancer successfully) and has shown he can beat back a well - funded Democrat in a tough year (see Elaine Bloom, 2000).

Medical opinion also varies on how the kind of breast cancer Lee had, a noninvasive form called ductal carcinoma in situ, should be treated, but Lee is adamant about early mammograms and aggressive treatment.

In recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Legislator Lynne M. Dixon, Hamburg, declared October 20th Breast Cancer Awareness Day in Erie County in an effort to increase public knowledge about the importance of early detection, diagnosis and treatment.

Melanoma causes the death of about 9,700 lives in the U.S. each year, according to the American Cancer Society.3 That's why everyone should be aware of skin cancer prevention and take steps to detect it Cancer Society.3 That's why everyone should be aware of skin cancer prevention and take steps to detect it cancer prevention and take steps to detect it early.

We were talking about cancer tumors, just earlier and about, you know, how, I think, it was you who was saying that, you know, the tumor grows very quickly, almost springs up all at once, and it's almost, not that it acts like an infectious thing, but it's like almost a failure of the rest of the body to prevent tumor from growing.

A leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., this disease kills about 50,000 people each year; caught early, however, it has a good chance of being cured.

Detailed information about a person's weight history could help, as could early cancer screening techniques tailored to young people.

Readers will have at their fingertips key articles in the history of science from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries, including research about the human genome, breast and colon cancer genes, and the Bose - Einstein condensate in physics.

Gatenby began thinking about cancer as an evolutionary problem in the early 1990s, when he was working at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylcancer as an evolutionary problem in the early 1990s, when he was working at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, PennsylCancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Whereas ideas about prevention and treatment may vary from doctor to doctor, early detection is the key to successful treatment — when detected early enough, any cancer has a 90 percent cure rate.

Genetic tests for mutations in the so - called breast cancer genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, may not reveal as much about cancer risk as earlier reports have estimated, according to two studies published in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine.

Now, in a provocative study that raises unsettling questions about the widespread use of vitamin supplements, Swedish researchers have showed that relatively low doses of antioxidants spur the growth of early lung tumors in cancer - prone mice, perhaps by hindering a well - known tumor suppressor gene.

The test can help patients and their doctors to be more vigilant about screenings, potentially catching cancers at their earliest and more treatable stages, and to make more informed decisions about therapies that may improve survival and quality of life.

Scientific American spoke with geneticist and oncologist Amanda Paulovich, director of the Fred Hutchinson's Early Detection Initiative, about the work she and her team are doing to find biomarkers that can identify cancer in its most formative stages.

«Our findings have implications for how to think about the earliest processes that drive cancer and telomerase as a therapeutic target.

The first large U.S. study aimed at resolving an ongoing debate about the best way to treat an early sign of breast cancer will launch later this year under the direction of a Duke Cancer Institute investicancer will launch later this year under the direction of a Duke Cancer Institute investiCancer Institute investigator.

I have concerns about early - life exposures, and how that may predispose for breast cancer later on.

«We will learn an awful lot about the genes that regulate the early stages of life, and also about cancer,» says Edwards.

Under a brilliant early - morning sky in Berkeley, California, Peter Duesberg pushes his bicycle along Oxford Street while animatedly explaining his new theory of cancer — oblivious to the fact that he is about to walk in front of a car.

«We are joining everyone who spends their days thinking about preventing cancer, about better understanding its biological basis, about bringing early detection and education to all communities, about developing new treatments and therapies and about caring for patients and their families through some of the hardest days anyone faces.»

«Part of what was exciting about the design of this clinical trial is that we decided early on to accept women from a younger and generally sicker population than is typically enrolled in clinical trials,» says Dr. Cristofanilli, who is also a researcher at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University.

Although Ribeiro's research into kidney fat is too new to have borne results, his earlier work on prostate cancer could hold some clues about the kidney - cancer obesity paradox.

It is difficult to detect cancer cells in the blood at an early stage: About one malignant cell is encountered per billion of healthy cells.

1 in 5: And even though you're a lot less likely to die of breast cancer these days, a New England Journal of Medicine article contends that we're pulling the trigger too early on treatment: For every one case of a small tumor caught early that would have been a health threat, about five essentially harmless tumors also receive the same treatment.

When factoring in what is now known about breast cancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving therapy (BCT) may offer a greater survival benefit over mastectomy to women with early stage, hormone - receptor positive disease, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Ccancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving therapy (BCT) may offer a greater survival benefit over mastectomy to women with early stage, hormone - receptor positive disease, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CCancer Center.

Half of multiple myeloma patients diagnosed in the earliest stage of the disease don't survive beyond about five years after initial treatment because the cancer becomes resistant to treatments.

«Only 15 percent of pancreatic cancer patients will benefit from surgery, and of those, only about 20 percent will survive five years,» said Dr. Schmidt, who is a researcher with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and director of the IU Health Pancreatic Cyst and Cancer Early Detection Ccancer patients will benefit from surgery, and of those, only about 20 percent will survive five years,» said Dr. Schmidt, who is a researcher with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center and director of the IU Health Pancreatic Cyst and Cancer Early Detection CCancer Center and director of the IU Health Pancreatic Cyst and Cancer Early Detection CCancer Early Detection Center.

Infants delivered early because of maternal health problems — such as preeclampsia, cancer, or severe kidney disease — account for about a third of all preterm births.

But if a woman has a BRCA1 mutation and most of her relatives have developed very early breast cancer, I worry about her a little bit more than a woman in a family with a BRCA1 mutation where, for whatever reason, they don't seem to have as many cancers.

«If you are a young woman who was treated with radiation therapy to your chest as a teenager or child for HL, or for that matter chest radiation therapy for any reason, you should be having a conversation with your family doctor or your oncologist about whether to start breast cancer screening earlier than most women would,» says Dr. Hodgson.

They found that using mammography about 260 survivors of childhood lymphoma would need to be invited to have early breast cancer screening to prevent one breast cancer death, which compares favorably to widely endorsed screening programs for average risk women aged 50 or older, which generally require 300 - 1,300 women to be invited to prevent one breast cancer death.

As more people and parents learn about the virus, how it can be spread, and its link to cancer, Gillison says, «that might open up a little bit more conversation» about sexual behaviors and getting vaccinated at an earlier age — before sexual interactions, or even kissing, start.

A year earlier, after some sleuthing on ClinicalTrials.gov, the government site that keeps tabs on experimental cancer treatments, Nicole had stumbled on an article about an alternative source of stem cells: umbilical cord blood.

Published early online in Cancer, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings raise doubts about the potential benefits of e-cigarettes for helping cancer patients give up smCancer, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings raise doubts about the potential benefits of e-cigarettes for helping cancer patients give up smCancer Society, the findings raise doubts about the potential benefits of e-cigarettes for helping cancer patients give up smcancer patients give up smoking.

But, he cautions, it is «way too early» to draw firm conclusions about whether the vaccines will extend the lives of cancer patients.

Australian schools now teach children about the dangers of skin cancer from an early age.

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Dogs diagnosed with bone cancer often arrive at the clinic at a very advanced stage of the disease, whereas in humans, bone cancer is usually detected early because people complain about the pain and have it investigated.

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