Sentences with phrase «about tumor tissue»

Examining expression levels of H2AX in breast cancer tumor data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, a large National Institutes of Health database containing genetic information about tumor tissue from more than 11,000 patients, the Roswell Park team found that breast cancer patients whose tumors had high levels of H2AX had a significantly worse prognosis than those with low levels.

After surgical removal, the metabolic processes in a tumor change in a very short period of time, so that valuable information about the tumor tissue is lost during a conventional sampling procedure.

Not exact matches

Although there have been great advances made in the treatment of leukemias and other cancers, little is known about how Glioblastomas are formed and how these tumors infiltrate the brain tissue.

About 350 new cases of rhabdomyosarcoma are identified each year in the U.S., making it the most common soft tissue tumor in children.

«About five percent of people have some kind of cartilage tumor in their bones, and in most cases it's because the growth - plate cartilage cells weren't fully replaced by bone tissue,» Alman said.

Together they are being used to peer into the microenvironment of tumors and other tissues while learning about the co-registration of multiple lines of imaging data.

Doctors already test breast tumors for Ki67 levels, which can inform decisions about treatment, but this is the first time scientists have been able to link Ki67 to precancerous tissue and use it as a predictive tool.

The tool sprays a microscopic stream of charged solvent onto the tissue surface to gather information about its molecular makeup and produces a color - coded image revealing the nature and concentration of tumor cells.

«The edge of a tumor is more challenging to detect than cancer versus healthy tissue due to a mix of different tissue types, and it is the edge that surgeons want to know about,» Ramanujam says.

A few years ago Peperstraete stumbled on an article in a science journal about medical researchers using crossed laser beams to image and heat tumors in a patient without disturbing any of the surrounding tissue.

«We are talking about fast - growing tumors that invade normal brain tissue and are very difficult to treat,» said Orin Bloch, MD, a neurosurgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and lead author of the study.

It is presently possible to differentiate about 100 types of CNS tumors based on tissue characteristics.

A three - minute film about a tiny molecule that lights up brain tumors so neurosurgeons can better distinguish cancer from normal tissue has a chance for its own moment in the spotlight in the Sundance Film Festival in January.

Whereas the tumor is in constant competition with the surrounding tissue, little is known about the mechanics of this interaction.

The T denotes information about the tumor itself, including the size or whether it has invaded any nearby tissue.

Sorenmo's Canine Mammary Tumor program at the University of Pennsylvania's Ryan Veterinary Hospital, in partnership with Princeton University, has now enrolled about 145 «underdogs,» offering them needed surgeries, collecting tumor tissue for the ongoing genomic studies, and placing them in new homes that will help with follow - up reseTumor program at the University of Pennsylvania's Ryan Veterinary Hospital, in partnership with Princeton University, has now enrolled about 145 «underdogs,» offering them needed surgeries, collecting tumor tissue for the ongoing genomic studies, and placing them in new homes that will help with follow - up resetumor tissue for the ongoing genomic studies, and placing them in new homes that will help with follow - up research.

There are three grades: Grade I tumors are easily identified and rarely metastasize; Grade II tumors have intermediate differentiation and extend deeper into the underlying tissues and about 20 percent will spread or metastasize; Grade III tumors are poorly differentiated and behave aggressively with an 80 percent or higher chance of metastasis.

However, the basic thing about stage three is that the cancer has moved beyond the first region of the initial tumor and is probably in the lymph nodes or other nearby tissue.

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