Sentences with phrase «affects tumor risk»

«This is the first time anyone ever has identified a sex - linked difference that affects tumor risk and is intrinsic to cells, and that's very exciting,» said senior author Joshua Rubin, MD, PhD.

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They also learned key details about how genes and the cells immediately surrounding a tumor (also called the tumor microenvironment) affect cancer risk.

In the next decade, molecular research is going to further develop along five lines: predictive medicine, that investigates the genetic conditions predisposing to tumor risk; early molecular diagnosis; the evaluation of each patient's prognosis based on his / her genetic profile, in other words, the analysis of what kind of mutation affects the DNA of altered cells; the investigation of the individual response to drugs, based on our genetic knowledge; «smart drugs», molecules able to hit the target in a selective way, killing only the deprogrammed cells.»

The affected malignant tumors and any nearby lymph nodes will be removed, to reduce the risk of the cancer spreading.

Liposuction did not significantly alter the insulin sensitivity of muscle, liver, or adipose tissue (assessed by the stimulation of glucose disposal, the suppression of glucose production, and the suppression of lipolysis, respectively); did not significantly alter plasma concentrations of C - reactive protein, interleukin - 6, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and adiponectin; and did not significantly affect other risk factors for coronary heart disease (blood pressure and plasma glucose, insulin, and lipid concentrations) in either group.

Among this sample, females affected with HPV types - 16 / 18 are at most risk risk of growing cervical Tumors at sometime in their livetime.

The problem for tumors in postmenopasal women is that there isn't much estrogen around — unless, of course, you take it in a drug like Premarin, made from pregnant mares» urine, found not to affect the quality of women's lives, just the quantity — increasing the risk of strokes, heart attacks, blood clots, and breast cancer.

Obviously, the recommendation to inject vaccines at distal limb sites is intended to facilitate complete removal of the tumor and minimize the risk of local recurrence, following amputation of the affected limb.

The purpose of our study was to determine if specific host factors, such as age at diagnosis, obesity, and hormone status, influence the prognosis of canine mammary gland carcinomas and to confirm if previously reported risk factors (ie, histologic subtype, tumor size, and World Health Organization [WHO] stage) were important in a large series of affected dogs.