Sentences with phrase «after chemotherapy because»

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Cancer stem cells, a type of self - renewing cell found in tumors, are of particular interest because they are the main cell type responsible for tumor progression and for resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and therefore a major cause of tumor recurrence after treatment.

Tamara Minko, professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and Lorna Rodriguez, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, say because there is not a good screening method for ovarian cancer, most women with the disease are not diagnosed until after it has metastasized to other organs and surgery and chemotherapy are not as effective.

Three of the patients did not complete chemotherapy — one died after consent but prior to chemotherapy; one died during chemotherapy because of an arterial occlusion; and one had a myocardial infarction prior to completion of the four courses of chemotherapy.

A new breast cancer clinical trial is testing the idea a major reason why breast cancer returns after treatment and spreads to other parts of the body is because current chemotherapy and radiation treatments do not kill the cancer stem cells.

Participants are being asked to take part in this study because they have advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer that has recurred or progressed after previous chemotherapy (s) including a platinum - based treatment.