Sentences with phrase «cancer treatment approach»

Kelly had considerable success treating patients with this alternative cancer treatment approach.

«Discovery could lead to personalized colon cancer treatment approach.»

This is perhaps the most comprehensive, intelligible and well - researched book I have read in a long time which examines the political / historical / financial cancer saga, the dire consequences of most conventional treatments, as well as an in - depth elucidation of a myriad of non-toxic and clinically effective cancer treatment approaches.

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«Today's approval marks another first in the field of gene therapy — both in how the therapy works and in expanding the use of gene therapy beyond the treatment of cancer to the treatment of vision loss — and this milestone reinforces the potential of this breakthrough approach in treating a wide - range of challenging diseases,» FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement.

It's the second approval for this pioneering approach to cancer treatment, which involves re-engineering patients» own immune cells to become cancer killers, after the FDA's approval of Novartis» Kymriah in August.

Breast cancer survival rates have increased, and the number of deaths associated with this disease is steadily declining, largely due to factors such as earlier detection, a new personalized approach to treatment and a better understanding of the disease.

«The results need to be validated and extended before scientists know if a treatment based on this approach could one day be used to help cancer patients.»

Similar approaches using killer T cells are already being investigated as a cancer treatment, with some promising results.

In 1998, Kouzarides approached the technology arm of his major funding source, the charity Cancer Research UK, about developing medical treatments from his work.

«We're hoping that by having a better genetic characterization of these cancers we can try to better target these tumors and provide a personalized approach to treatment.

These insights open the door to new approaches for future cancer treatments.

Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.

«This simple dietary approach may be able to reduce tumor progression and enhance standard of care treatments in cancers that are highly metabolically active,» Reynolds said.

These preclinical findings, published online ahead of print in the International Journal of Oncology, provide evidence for a potential therapeutic approach that will restore sensitivity to chemotherapy and improve treatment of inflammatory breast cancer tumors.

Treatments aimed at revving up the immune system's attack on the cancer may be the most promising approach to cancer therapy since combination chemotherapy.

«Our approach to gene silencing has not been demonstrated before in such a powerful way for the treatment of brain cancers,» Stegh said.

Little progress has been made in outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients over the last 40 years, and we believe that PRECISION Panc will reshape how we approach treatment development.

Much like the association between BRCA gene mutation and the risk for breast cancer in women changed the approach to treatment / prevention, the identification of the Kallikrein 6 gene region may change the course of prostate cancer care through a blood test developed by the Lunenfeld - Tanenbaum Research Institute.

In theory, insights into the genetic underpinnings of cancer, made possible through genomic sequencing, will allow people with even the hardest - to - treat diagnoses to benefit from individualized treatment approaches.

This work provides a proof of principle for a new approach in the study and treatment of cancer: the aberrant expression in a tissue or organ of genes specific to other tissues could become a new tool for establishing a prognosis and personalizing therapeutic care.

In this approach, a patient's individual risk of suffering heart disease due to breast cancer treatment will be taken into account already when choosing the adequate therapy.

Use of this knowledge to screen several different drugs, or combinations of drugs, is emerging as an important approach to cancer treatment.

A UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center discovery of just how a certain tumor suppressor molecule works to prevent tumor growth could lead to a personalized treatment approach for colon cCancer Center discovery of just how a certain tumor suppressor molecule works to prevent tumor growth could lead to a personalized treatment approach for colon cancercancer.

Dr Matthew Hobbs, Deputy Director of Research at Prostate Cancer UK said, «To greatly improve the survival chances of the 47,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, it's clear that we need to move away from the current one - size - fits - all approach to much more targeted treatment meCancer UK said, «To greatly improve the survival chances of the 47,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, it's clear that we need to move away from the current one - size - fits - all approach to much more targeted treatment mecancer each year, it's clear that we need to move away from the current one - size - fits - all approach to much more targeted treatment methods.

Research on metastatic colorectal cancer and sarcoma, however, suggests a potential benefit from adding local therapy — treatment directed specifically at the tumor cells — to the standard approach of systemic therapy.

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.

«Treatment approach used in cancer holds promise for Alzheimer's disease.»

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.

«Potential new treatment approach for lung cancer.»

In a new study, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified genetic clues that explain how breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes — findings that may lead to better treatments or approaches to prevent its spread at the Cancer Center researchers have identified genetic clues that explain how breast cancer spreads, or metastasizes — findings that may lead to better treatments or approaches to prevent its spread at the cancer spreads, or metastasizes — findings that may lead to better treatments or approaches to prevent its spread at the onset.

This insight could reveal new approaches in the treatment and prevention of metastatic breast cancer.

«Cancer treatment: Therapeutic approach gives hope for the treatment of multiple myeloma.»

This approach will help us define the cellular heterogeneity within each cancer, an important step towards improving cancer treatment.»

This understanding of cancer's evolution has key implications for treatment, he noted, «In addition to pointing out that we will need to target driver genes that are mutated early in cancer, this evolutionary approach provides a method that accurately characterizes which genes are being mutated early and late.

Blocking PD - 1 with checkpoint - inhibiting drugs — and thereby restoring the cancer - killing zeal of T cells — has become one of the most successful new approaches to cancer treatment in nearly a decade.

Another important aspect of the green - light KTP laser approach, Zeitels adds, is that biopsy and treatment of patients whose cancer involves a single vocal cord usually can be accomplished in the same procedure, whereas radiotherapy requires a prior biopsy to determine the extent and location of the tumor, followed by daily radiation treatments over approximately six weeks.

The first long - term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.

We are increasingly technology based — whether it's the way in which we do in this podcast or the way in which we approach the treatment of cancer.

A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests a new approach to develop highly - potent drugs which could overcome current shortcomings of low drug efficacy and multi-drug resistance in the treatment of cancer as well as viral and bacterial infections.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a potential new approach to fertility preservation for young cancer patients that addresses concerns about beginning cancer treatment immediately and the possibility of reintroducing cancer cells during the fertility preservation process.

Furthermore, we demonstrate that perioperative anti-inflammatory treatment markedly reduces tumor outgrowth in this model, suggesting that similar approaches might substantially reduce early metastatic recurrence in breast cancer patients.

«Pactamycin analogs offer new, gentler approach to cancer treatment.»

Dr. Cooper joined MDACC in 2006 as section chief of cell therapy at the Children's Cancer Hospital, where he cared for children undergoing bone marrow transplantation and led scientific efforts to develop new treatment approaches that pair genetic engineering with immunotherapies.

«Today's approval marks another first in the field of gene therapy — both in how the therapy works and in expanding the use of gene therapy beyond the treatment of cancer to the treatment of vision loss — and this milestone reinforces the potential of this breakthrough approach in treating a wide - range of challenging diseases,» FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement.

Strahl said, «We think this work will lead to a greater understanding of cancer biology, and open the door to future therapeutic approaches for patients in need of better treatment options.»

«Mapping cancer's «social networks» opens new approaches to treatment.»

This allows for a personalized approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer with the iRGD peptide in combination with the nanoparticle.»

The technology promises to change the way pancreatic cancer research is done, offering a path to personalized treatment approaches in the future.

The Decision Counseling Program ©, applied here for prostate cancer treatment decision making, is a generic approach that can be applied to other areas of medicine, where options are available, decisions are difficult, and the stakes of decision making are high.

The way women generally approach big decisions, combined with their values, impacts what breast cancer treatment they consider, the study also found.