Sentences with phrase «by chemotherapy treatment»

Should these tests confirm a diagnosis of cancer, the patient then may have a surgical procedure followed by chemotherapy treatment with the oncology department.

That has worked out well for a Vietnam War veteran from Michigan who works in the automotive industry and smokes to deal with the pain caused by chemotherapy treatment for hepatitis... dating a woman he met on the dating website...

There is «conclusive or substantial evidence» that marijuana or related compounds can effectively treat chronic pain, nausea caused by chemotherapy treatment for cancer, and spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis, according to a report published today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The disciples» ascent of the mountain, for example, recalls the difficulty of any personal journey, while the change in the appearance of Jesus is a stark reminder of the physical alterations caused by chemotherapy treatments.

Not exact matches

«My family was shocked by how many cancer patients had difficulty getting to their chemotherapy treatments.»

For instance, most common adult solid tumors that are not cured by surgical removal are resistant to chemotherapy or radiation control, yet drug therapy is frequently offered as a «possibly effective» treatment because both patient and physician want to believe it so.

Extraordinary Medical Bills: «I have $ 10,000 in out of pocket chemotherapy bills, plus travel expense back and forth to my treatments is not covered by insurance» would be considered extraordinary.

In a beautifully ironic twist for a natural chemical falsely accused of causing stomach cancer, capsaicin has been shown to be «absolutely effective» in alleviating the pain from oral stomatitis, mouth sores caused by cancer chemotherapy and radiation treatments, according to Dr. Ann M. Berger of Yale University's Pain Management Center.

Chemotherapy (drug treatment) was later developed to destroy small tumour growths that were not treatable by other methods.

Taub was honored in a May 2011 resolution sponsored by Silver for «developing unique new treatment algorithms utilizing intracavitary chemotherapy for multimodal treatment of abdominal mesothelioma and for lung - sparing treatment of pleural mesothelioma,» state records show.

Inspired by his own bout of leukemia to try to find a better cancer treatment, retired broadcasting station owner Kanzius guessed that as an alternative to chemotherapy, he could inject tumors with metal ions, then use radio waves to heat the metal and destroy cancerous cells.

They compared the effectiveness of the combination treatments with just treating the leukemia by chemotherapy or inhibitors alone.

«By administering chemotherapy within this «therapeutic window,» oncologists could apply a lower dose of chemotherapy drugs to patients, with the potential for an improved treatment outcome — all while minimizing drug toxicity to healthy organs,» He said.

«In an earlier phase I clinical study, our group has shown that increasing the dose of radiation delivered daily with high precision and using image guidance may offset the need for chemotherapy in improving survival, and it may also improve quality of life measures by reducing treatment periods in half.

New research posted online by the Nature journal Leukemia suggests blocking part of a DNA repair complex that helps some types of leukemia resist treatment can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and enhance survival.

Of the dogs stricken with osteosarcoma, 35 had the cancer in a leg which was subsequently amputated, followed by chemotherapy, which is the standard - of - care treatment; the dogs with elevated total cholesterol had a median survival time of 455 days, more than 200 days greater than the median survival time for dogs with normal cholesterol.

Potential cancer treatments are loitering in the wings as clinical trials are delayed by widespread shortages of common chemotherapy drugs.

One month after the study treatment — which involves chemotherapy followed by intravenous infusion of JCAR017 — follow - up imaging showed complete remission of the brain lesion.

«We hope that our test will significantly improve the odds of survival of breast cancer patients by allowing doctors to identify the most effective but least toxic form of chemotherapy for each individual patient before the treatment begins.»

«Drug could limit spread of deadly brain tumors: Study shows PPF could help treat glioblastomas by sensitizing tumors to chemotherapy, radiation treatments.»

One example: A consensus panel convened by the National Institutes of Health, after reviewing medical literature, concluded in November 1997 that «there is clear evidence that needle acupuncture treatment is effective for postoperative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting, nausea of pregnancy, and postoperative dental pain.»

A new therapeutic approach tested by a team from Maisonneuve - Rosemont Hospital (CIUSSS - EST, Montreal) and the University of Montreal gives promising results for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow currently considered incurable with conventional chemotherapy and for which the average life expectancy is about 6 or 7 years.

Enzalutamide, which is taken as four pills once per day, is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for men whose disease has not been stopped by other treatments including, surgery, radiation, androgen deprivation therapy and chemotherapy.

The researchers then exposed cells from each of these lines to a panel of 31 different drug treatments — including 23 chemotherapy compounds approved by the FDA for breast and ovarian cancers, six targeted cancer drugs, and two common drug combinations.

«Since 95 percent of cancer patients still get chemo, we realized we could make a major impact on cancer treatment by helping clinicians prescribe the right chemotherapy drug,» said Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD, a professor of bioengineering and therapeutic sciences in UCSF's Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine and senior author on the new study.

In mice with pancreatic cancer, three days of fasudil treatment prior to standard chemotherapy increased survival time by 47 per cent.

They confirmed this by showing that tumor growth was reduced in mice treated with an antibody drug that targets TIM - 3 and the chemotherapy agent paclitaxel, as compared to treatment with paclitaxel alone.

Between April 1993 and March 2003, 1011 patients were randomized to four treatment arms, 252 patients received preoperative radiotherapy alone, 253 patients received preoperative radiotherapy — chemotherapy, 253 patients received preoperative radiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, and 253 patients received preoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy.

However, adjuvant chemotherapy did not improve survival or disease - free survival, but we noted that the curves by adjuvant treatment did diverge progressively starting from year four for overall survival and from year two for disease - free survival.

Based on recent information on the mechanisms of chemotherapy, a team of researchers of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) developed a new clinical approach to increase the efficiency of treatment in glioblastomas that increased the median survival to 22 months — bringing much needed hope to those affected by this aggressive disease.

Dr Bernardo Tavora, lead author on the paper from the Barts Cancer Institute, said: «This work shows that sensitivity to cancer treatment is related to our own body mistakenly trying to shield the cancer from cell - killing effects caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Rich and colleagues are now testing in mice whether combining Zika with traditional cancer treatments such as chemotherapy is more effective than either treatment by itself.

The memory and thinking problems experienced by cancer survivors, known as «chemo brain» or «chemo fog,» are not just the result of chemotherapy treatment, they may start as tumors form and develop, suggests a Baycrest - led study.

Attacking the perennial problem of systemic toxicity from typical chemotherapy treatments, Dartmouth investigators, led by Barjor Gimi, PhD, have engineered therapeutic cells encapsulated in nanoporous capsules to secrete antitumor molecules from within the tumor.

Brenneman benefited from her colleagues» support during the 2 years she was weakened by chemotherapy and drug treatments.

In a study led by Dr Wai Liu at St George's, University of London, said: «We have shown for the first time that the order in which cannabinoids and chemotherapy are used is crucial in determining the overall effectiveness of this treatment.

Exhausted and weakened by chemotherapy, his body no longer responded to any of the handful of drug treatments he had been given over the years.

Currently, cancer is present in one in 10 biopsies ordered by physicians, but all must be analyzed by pathologists to identify the extent and volume of the disease, determine if it has spread and whether the patient has an aggressive or indolent cancer and needs chemotherapy or a less drastic treatment.

The standard treatment of locally advanced cervical cancer is EBRT with concurrent chemotherapy, followed by brachytherapy.

Larsen emphasized that heart failure is by no means inevitable in patients receiving chemotherapy treatment.

The New EPOC study, published in The Lancet Oncology and funded by Cancer Research UK, evaluated whether the drug cetuximab and chemotherapy together worked better than chemotherapy alone as a treatment in addition to surgery for people with bowel cancer that had spread to the liver but could be surgically removed.

Standard treatment is surgery, followed by radiation therapy and chemotherapy with temozolomide.

«These tumors occur in up to 23,000 Americans annually, and are typically treated with surgical resection of the tumor followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment.»

As evidenced by CT scan, the cancer did not grow or spread in all 31 patients who completed chemotherapy, thus all patients received three SABR treatments of 36 Gy each, including a 2 mm expansion around the gross tumor.

Furthermore, the agent prevented the drop in the number of neutrophils (i.e., neutropenia) found in the blood that is typically caused by 5 - fluorouracil, a chemotherapy agent commonly used in the treatment of gastrointestinal and other tumors, such as colon, stomach, pancreas and breast cancers.

A study led by UCLA's Drs. Robert Prins and Linda Liau, both UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center members, looked at the impact of a combined treatment using a chemotherapy drug called decitabine and genetically modified immune cells or T cell immunotherapy.

Research jointly conducted by investigators at Institut Gustave Roussy, Inserm, Institut Pasteur and INRA (French National Agronomic Research Institute) has led to a rather surprising discovery on the manner in which cancer chemotherapy treatments act more effectively with the help of the intestinal flora (also known as the intestinal microbiota).

Treatment of glioma has remained a challenge despite the options for surgical resection followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

1) Rituximab was added to the induction as the majority of PCNSL are CD20 + diffuse large B - cell lymphomas (DLBCL) and it was previously shown that the addition of rituximab to CHOP chemotherapy has improved the prognosis in DLBCL outside the brain.8 2) The intraventricular MTX / cytarabine treatment of the Bonn protocol requiring an Ommaya reservoir was replaced by intraspinal administration of liposomal cytarabine in view of the expected lower risk of procedure - related infections.

Drugs exist for the treatment of symptoms — pain relievers, for instance — but not for the condition itself, which can be caused by chemotherapy, diabetes, traumatic injury, heredity and other conditions.