So it's generally a very
aggressive type of tumor.
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.
Not exact matches
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 2009.
Sen. John McCain
of Arizona last week revealed he is battling glioblastoma, the most common and
aggressive type of malignant brain
tumor in adults.
Researchers from the University
of Southampton have discovered a potential way
of stopping one
of the most
aggressive types of brain
tumor from spreading, which could lead the way to better patient survival.
Scientists at Cedars - Sinai have developed a new way to identify which prostate cancer patients are likely to develop
aggressive types of the disease even if their
tumors at first appear to be lower risk.
«New
tumor analysis method identifies high - risk prostate cancer: Cancer cells» genetic pathways show which patients are likely to develop
aggressive types of the disease.»
Genetically modified «hunter» T cells successfully migrated to and penetrated a deadly
type of brain
tumor known as glioblastoma (GBM) in a clinical trial
of the new therapy, but the cells triggered an immunosuppressive
tumor microenvironment and faced a complex mutational landscape that will need to be overcome to better treat this
aggressive cancer, Penn Medicine researchers report in a new study this week in Science Translational Medicine.
Answering important clinical questions — such as whether genetic diversity is a risk factor for
aggressive tumor development or how it relates to treatment resistance — requires analyzing samples from many patients with different
types of cancer.
Previous in vitro studies conducted by researchers in other countries showed that this molecule was able to reduce the multiplication and increase the mortality
of cells from melanoma, the most
aggressive type of skin cancer, as well as breast cancer and neuroblastoma, a
tumor that typically affects patients aged 15 or younger.
But in both cases,
tumors can become resistant to treatments — leading to the most challenging and
aggressive types of those cancers.
A new study shows coibamide A has potent anti-cancer activity in mice and cell cultures that model brain
tumors and triple negative breast cancer, two
of the most
aggressive and difficult - to - treat
types of cancer.
These findings show that MAX acts as a
tumor suppressor gene in one
of the more
aggressive types of lung cancer.
However,
aggressive, metastatic
tumors can become resistant to this
type of therapy.
The
aggressive basal -
type breast cancers often metastasize, seeding new
tumors in distant parts
of the body.
LA JOLLA, CA — Scientists have long believed that glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most
aggressive type of primary brain
tumor, begins in glial cells that make up supportive tissue in the brain...
A network
of transcription factors may drive different subtypes
of aggressive bladder cancer, allowing researchers to turn one
type of tumor into another
«We found a strong reduction in the risk
of estrogen - receptor - negative [ER --RSB- breast cancer in particular, which is exciting because that
type of tumor, while rarer than estrogen - receptor - positive [ER +]
tumors, tends to be
aggressive.»
May 16, 2018 • An
aggressive type of breast cancer — a HER2 - positive
tumor — often shrinks with Herceptin treatment, but side effects can be tough.
Systemic symptoms depend on the location and
type of tumor, how
aggressive it is and whether it has metastasized.
He had a
type of skin
tumor that can be very
aggressive when they adopted him, as well as some significant dental disease.
Canine glioma, an
aggressive type of brain
tumor, occurs most frequently in brachycephalic breeds (those with a broad, short skulls) such as Boxers and Boston terriers, although the
tumors occur in other breeds, as well.