Sentences with phrase «aggressive treatment in»

If positive, aggressive treatment in the form of blood tests, IV fluids and other supportive care must begin immediately for the best possible outcome.

Considering the side effects and adverse results of prostate cancer treatment, these new results may help some men make the choice to forgo aggressive treatment in lieu of less invasive options.

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Price recently ended aggressive treatment for his cancer at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas.

In clinical trials the treatment — which involves extracting individual patients» immune T - cells, modifying them to seek out tell - tale biological markers associated with blood cancers like aggressive lymphoma, and then pumping those modified killer cells back into the body — has shown major promise, in some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatmenIn clinical trials the treatment — which involves extracting individual patients» immune T - cells, modifying them to seek out tell - tale biological markers associated with blood cancers like aggressive lymphoma, and then pumping those modified killer cells back into the body — has shown major promise, in some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatmenin some cases eliminating all signs of the cancer in patients six months after treatmenin patients six months after treatment.

Abrahams said «certain individuals in the leader's office» have subjected her to «aggressive, intimidating and wholly unprofessional» treatment over the past 10 months.

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has made waves with a drug pipeline that includes one of the most talked - about experimental cancer therapies in recent years — a treatment called Kymriah that reconfigures the body's own immune cells to become aggressive blood - cancer killers.

giant Novartis has made waves with a drug pipeline that includes one of the most talked - about experimental cancer therapies in recent years — a treatment called Kymriah that reconfigures the body's own immune cells to become aggressive blood - cancer killers.

In 2009 he had been diagnosed with a type of rapidly growing brain tumor called a high - grade astrocytoma that, despite aggressive treatment, eventually evolved into a glioblastoma — the highly malignant brain tumor that also took the lives of Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau, in 2015 and former Sen. Ted Kennedy in 200In 2009 he had been diagnosed with a type of rapidly growing brain tumor called a high - grade astrocytoma that, despite aggressive treatment, eventually evolved into a glioblastoma — the highly malignant brain tumor that also took the lives of Vice President Joe Biden's son, Beau, in 2015 and former Sen. Ted Kennedy in 200in 2015 and former Sen. Ted Kennedy in 200in 2009.

But most poor patients with HIV are unable to afford or sustain these treatments, and we watch their progressive decline in a fashion one would not wish on anyone» a worsening debilitative weakness, aggressive superimposed infections, dementia, apathy, and death.

More recently, a «top - down» approach has been favored in the management of IBD, which opts for aggressive treatment from the start.

Treatments may have to be aggressive with changes in diet and a boosting of the overall immune system even after all symptoms are gone.

In adults, more aggressive treatments such as removal of sweat glands through surgery may be done.

If your child does have depression with impulsive and / or aggressive behaviors, certain treatments may be more effective in decreasing these behaviors, such as coping skills training, anger management and certain medications targeted toward impulse control.

«This morning's New York Times story regarding allegations that Walmart orchestrated a $ 24 million bribery campaign to gain favorable treatment by the Mexican government should be a wake up call for New Yorkers who have witnessed Walmart's aggressive lobbying effort and recent streak of opportunistic «philanthropy» in our city.»

To halt this trend, Governor Cuomo has implemented aggressive efforts, including changes in insurance to ensure coverage of substance use disorder treatment, increased access to treatment, additional treatment capacity in regions across the state, and comprehensive public awareness efforts.

«We are undertaking the most aggressive action in the nation to expand access to breast cancer screenings, because early detection is the best possible treatment,» Cuomo said.

«My treatment by certain individuals in the Leader's Office over the last 10 months has been aggressive, intimidating and wholly unprofessional.

My treatment by certain individuals in the leader's office over the last 10 months has been aggressive, intimidating and wholly unprofessional.

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.

If we know that women with no ctDNA in their blood are not going to get a relapse, less aggressive treatment could be sufficient in their case.

«Our discovery of these mutations is a first step in developing a genetics - based system for classifying endometriosis so that clinicians can sort out which forms of the disorder may need more aggressive treatment and which may not,» says Ie - Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D., the Richard W. TeLinde Distinguished Professor in the Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-director of the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Program at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

«Markers for prostate cancer death can identify men in need of more aggressive treatment.»

In the future, perhaps a nurse or caregiver could simply send in a photo of a patient's reddened skin to a doctor using the model to find out whether it was likely to develop into a pressure sore for quick and aggressive treatment to keep it from getting far worse, Dr. Vodovotz speculateIn the future, perhaps a nurse or caregiver could simply send in a photo of a patient's reddened skin to a doctor using the model to find out whether it was likely to develop into a pressure sore for quick and aggressive treatment to keep it from getting far worse, Dr. Vodovotz speculatein a photo of a patient's reddened skin to a doctor using the model to find out whether it was likely to develop into a pressure sore for quick and aggressive treatment to keep it from getting far worse, Dr. Vodovotz speculated.

Conventional, high - dose chemotherapy treatments can cause the fibroblast cells surrounding tumors to secrete proteins that promote the tumors» recurrence in more aggressive forms, researchers at Taipei Medical University and the National Institute of Cancer Research in Taiwan and University of California, San Francisco, have discovered.

«Contrary to expectations, the more aggressive, combined treatment did not result in superior cancer control rates at five years follow - up, indicating that men can achieve a similar survival benefit with fewer late side effects through brachytherapy alone.»

With the release and aggressive marketing of the long - acting narcotic OxyContin in 1996, a class of drugs that had largely been reserved for cancer patients was becoming a go - to treatment for conditions such as lower back pain.

Now, immunotherapy — a type of treatment that harnesses the patient's immune system to combat the disease — represents the future of cancer treatment, with its efficacy being demonstrated in even the most aggressive types of cancer.

While there have been improvements in the current standard treatments, patients with glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor, still suffer from a median survival rate of only 14.6 months and 5 - year overall survival rates of less than 10 %.

«Therefore, the targeting of Runx2 expression in multiple myeloma cells may represent a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of aggressive multiple myeloma.»

«It would help spare patients with indolent disease from unnecessary treatments and their side effects and aid in the diagnosis and directing patients with aggressive disease to the appropriate treatment.»

«There is an urgent need to address whether aggressive treatment that includes vitamin and nutrient supplementation in women with early symptoms of severe nausea and vomiting decreases that risk of neurodevelopmental delay,» she said.

Patients with high levels of miR - 194 in their blood could receive more aggressive treatment to reduce the chance of the cancer spreading to other parts of the body.»

«The letter, which comes in response to an aggressive campaign by the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), claims that for more than 30 years researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have been «removing [macaques] from their mothers at birth and subjecting them to distressful and sometimes painful procedures that measure their anxiety and depression.»»

«Study identifies potential treatment target for pancreatic cancer: Molecular signature found in 30 percent of PDAC tumors associated with more aggressive cancer.»

In testing multiple HDAC inhibitors in combination with the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, known to give some benefit for this aggressive cancer, they found that class II HDAC inhibitors signal through a newly discovered pathway to promote synergy with chemotherapy treatmenIn testing multiple HDAC inhibitors in combination with the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, known to give some benefit for this aggressive cancer, they found that class II HDAC inhibitors signal through a newly discovered pathway to promote synergy with chemotherapy treatmenin combination with the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, known to give some benefit for this aggressive cancer, they found that class II HDAC inhibitors signal through a newly discovered pathway to promote synergy with chemotherapy treatment.

Together with clinical researchers, they are preparing treatments for glioblastoma — the most aggressive brain cancer in adults — , Friedreich's Ataxia — a hereditary neurodegenerative disease — , and a type of paediatric brain cancer.

Few existing treatments offer durable survival benefits for patients whose NSCLC has spread past the lungs, due in part to the aggressive nature of lung cancer and its propensity to progress, even following treatment.

A Northwestern University - led study in the emerging field of nanocytology could one day help men make better decisions about whether or not to undergo aggressive prostate cancer treatments.

Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of tumor that originates in the brain and with no curative treatments currently available, the average survival time for patients ranges from 15 to 18 months.

Immunotherapy is a promising approach in the treatment of metastatic melanoma, an aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer; but for most patients, immunotherapy drugs so far have failed to live up to their promise and provide little or no benefit.

The cancer shot With a near - endless supply of patients willing to undergo novel treatments, cancer researchers have been among the most aggressive in experimenting with therapeutic vaccination.

«Emotional distress may motivate men with low - risk prostate cancer to choose more aggressive treatment, such as choosing surgery over active surveillance,» said UB's Heather Orom, the lead author on the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Urology.

In the group of patients with aggressive, or high risk, prostate cancer, the average number of days from diagnosis to surgery or radiation treatment was 96 days for Caucasian patients, and 105 days for African American patients.

«By understanding how stress accelerates invasion in aggressive breast tumor cells, this work will inform future studies into whether beta - blockers could be a useful adjuvant therapy in the treatment of some aggressive breast cancers.»

Because of this lack of receptors, common cancer drugs can't «find» the cells, and doctors must treat the cancer with extremely aggressive and highly toxic treatment strategies,» said Salman Hyder, the Zalk Endowed Professor in Tumor Angiogenesis and professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center.

Published in the Jan. 12 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, the study found that many older diabetes patients received aggressive treatment for their disease regardless of their health status and blood sugar levels.

BRAF mutations, which occur in about 40 to 50 percent of these patients, have been associated with aggressive tumors and decreased ability of tumors to respond to radioactive iodine, typically the first line of treatment in these patients.

Every year, nearly 2,000 people in Switzerland are diagnosed with lymphoma, a disease that can be very aggressive, resisting standard treatments with chemotherapeutic drugs.

In places where the number of new cases is low, aggressive contact tracing becomes the priority, whereas in those where the number of cases is high, more resources still need to be allocated to treatment and ensuring safe burialIn places where the number of new cases is low, aggressive contact tracing becomes the priority, whereas in those where the number of cases is high, more resources still need to be allocated to treatment and ensuring safe burialin those where the number of cases is high, more resources still need to be allocated to treatment and ensuring safe burials.

Patients with aggressive neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) have limited treatment options and there are few oncologists who are specialised in this relatively rare disease.