Sentences with phrase «additional tumors»

These lesions cause structural weakness in the bone and, even worse, promote additional tumor growth.

The intervention, he says, essentially trains the immune system to recognize and attack the tumor, and to protect against additional tumor formation — a significant issue in colon cancer.

In order to test whether the method is suitable for use in clinical routine diagnostics, the scientists analyzed more than 1,100 additional tumor samples.

It was an extensive surgery (particularly given her advanced age) that required healing before additional tumor removal could occur.

Once established in an organ, additional tumors develop that cause the ultimate death of the animal.

This allowed resection of additional tumor lesions that were not visible to the surgeons» naked eyes,» added Vahrmeijer.

A newly devised tumor - specific fluorescent agent and imaging system guided surgeons in real time to remove additional tumors in ovarian cancer patients that were not visible without fluorescence or could not be felt during surgery, reports Alexander L. Vahrmeijer MD, PhD, head of the Image - guided Surgery group in the Department of Surgery at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.

Those signals seem to inspire the healthy cells to mutate, thereby causing additional tumors or cancers.»

Ongoing studies from the Discher lab are focused on finding that sweet spot with additional tumor models, as well as on how to engineer macrophages for longer - lasting effect.

An improved version of PancreaSeq that incorporates additional tumor genes associated with pancreatic cancer currently is undergoing rigorous clinical testing, according to Singhi.

He subsequently pursued additional tumor training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and at the Mayo Clinic.

And when T cells do destroy tumor cells, those cancerous cells release potassium — which in turn destroys T cells and keeps them from going after additional tumor cells.

The mean age of the K: B fusion population was 7.4 years old, compared to 15.2 years old in the non-K: B population; 73 percent of the K: B PAs were found in the cerebellum, whereas 78 percent of the non-K: B PAs were found elsewhere; and non-K: B PAs were much more likely associated with co-occurrence of the disease Type 1 Neurofibromatosis, which can lead to the formation of additional tumors.

CTCs are primary tumor cells that have shed into the blood or lymphatic system and can lead to additional tumor growth or metastasis.

The researchers» solution was to engineer oncolytic herpes viruses to express an additional tumor - killing agent, called TRAIL.

The influx of additional tumor - attacking cells pushed the cancer to regress in about half the patients (Science, 25 October 2002, p. 850).

The signals appear to inspire healthy cells» mutation, therefore resulting in an additional tumor or cancer.

More targeted sequencing of additional tumors was conducted to track how instructions encoded in DNA were translated into the proteins that do the work of cells.