Sentences with phrase «by a chemotherapy regimen»

First - line treatment for ovarian cancer includes surgery followed by a chemotherapy regimen combining a platinum - based (usually carboplatin) and a taxane - based (usually paclitaxel) treatment, which achieves a complete response in approximately 80 % of patients.

First, as cancer treatment for both humans and small animals has become more sophisticated, the side effects created by chemotherapy regimens have become less severe.

Not exact matches

«Cervical cancer patients are currently treated as a uniform group based on chemotherapy and radiation regimens that help the largest percentage of people; however, one third of these patients are not helped by standard therapies,» Banister said.

A randomized phase III trial finding that a new monoclonal antibody, elotuzumab, added to standard therapy, extended the duration of remission for patients with relapsed multiple myeloma by about five months Findings from two phase III studies showing that children with Wilms tumor who have a specific chromosomal abnormality do better with a more intensive, augmented chemotherapy regimen

«Triple - negative breast cancers are cancer cells that lack three receptors targeted by current chemotherapy regimens.

Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Investigators led by Edward S. Kim, MD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, initiated the SELECT trial after earlier, phase II studies showed that cetuximab improved response rates when added to chemotherapy regimens for patients with recurrent or progressive NSCLC.

A combined chemotherapy / radiation regimen created by Kimmel Cancer Center researchers saves the voice box for many laryngeal cancer patients.

Led by Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine and director of thoracic medical oncology, researchers from the KEYNOTE - 021 study demonstrated for the first time that combining an immune checkpoint inhibitor — in this case, pembrolizumab — with a platinum - doublet chemotherapy regimen might be more effective than chemotherapy alone as first - line treatment for advanced, non-squamous NSCLC.

Treatment can include surgery to excise the mesothelial and surrounding tissue, chemotherapy, drug regimens, drug trials, gene therapies, radiation, and draining of fluid followed by the injection of medication.