Sentences with phrase «biomarkers of aggressive cancers»
«The goal is to find specific biomarkers of aggressive cancers,» said Charles Brendler, MD, Co-Director of the John and Carol Walter Center for Urological Health & Program for Personalized Cancer Care at NorthShore and author of the study.
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Two Northwestern University scientists have identified a biomarker strongly associated with basal - like breast cancer, a highly aggressive carcinoma that is resistant to many types of chemotherapy.
'' (In the context of prostate cancer) there's a big interest in trying to find biomarkers to discriminate between aggressive and nonaggressive disease,» said Renny Franceschi, U-M professor of dentistry, biological chemistry and biomedical engineering.
The research ideas you develop at the workshop should: • Lead to the significant advancement of our understanding of sensor technologies suitable for liquid biopsy • Consider the practical challenges of low volume liquid usually taken for analysis and the inconsistency of sample preparation across point of care sites • Prioritise biomarkers with high specificity for cancer or even for multiple cancer types, including markers specific to cancers that will become aggressive as opposed to non-lethal disease
In a collaborative effort with UCLA Medical Centre, the goal of this project is to investigate cell nanomechanics, namely cell stiffness or elasticity, and related changes of the actin cytoskeleton as a potential biomarker for aggressive cancers.