The phrase
"deadly cancer" refers to a type of cancer that is extremely dangerous and has a high likelihood of causing death.
Full definition
But now, a growing body of research suggests a new health risk should be added to the list: an increased risk
of deadly cancers.
The findings support a precision approach to treating pancreatic cancer, the fourth
most deadly cancer for both men and women.
One of the body's defenses against
deadly cancer cells may have just received a much - needed boost.
They will then test whether the potential drug targets they discovered in this study would be relevant for this
more deadly cancer.
Among men who received treatment for the
potentially deadly cancer, obese patients lived an average of 47 percent longer than those with a healthy body weight, researchers found.
Metastatic colorectal cancer, the third
deadliest cancer in the Unites States, is typically treated with two chemotherapy drugs, 5 - Fluorouracil in combination with either oxaliplatin or irinotecan.
Some of nature's most valuable and essential anti-cancer and anti-disease phytochemical nutrients which are commonly found in food have been discovered to form
deadly cancer causing substances when consumed or combined with chlorinated tap water.
If successful, it will be the first noninvasive screening test for gastric cancer: the second
deadliest cancer worldwide and one with a particularly high prevalence among Asian populations.
This informatics challenge is often a critical bottleneck when dealing
with deadly cancers such as glioblastoma, with a median survival of less than 15 months following diagnosis.
It's the most common cancer afflicting men other than skin cancer, is diagnosed in more than 161,000 Americans every year, and kills nearly 27,000 annually (making it the
third deadliest cancer for American men), according to the American Cancer Society.
The biomarker, a protein called STAT3, provides a smart target for new therapeutics designed to treat this
often deadly cancer.
«Studies have shown that if you improve your vitamin D status, it reduces risk of colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and a whole host of
other deadly cancers by 30 to 50 percent.
A United Nations study has said that the ozone layer, which shields the planet
from deadly cancer - causing ultraviolet rays, is showing signs of thickening again, after years of depletion.
And it did not say that mass screening is ineffective at
catching deadly cancers, merely grossly inefficient, which is as much a commentary on the inadequacies of current screening technologies as on the ineffectiveness of blanket prescriptions.
In Texas, a team has manipulated genes in order to
put deadly cancers into complete remission.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), prostate cancer is the second most
deadly cancer among men.
«Bristol - Myers Squibb is thrilled to be part of an innovative research model where each partner acts with urgency to advance potential new treatments for patients
facing deadly cancers,» said Awny Farajallah, M.D., vice president, head of U.S. Medical Oncology at Bristol - Myers Squibb.
Altering pets at a young age diminishes or
eliminates deadly cancers of the breast, uterus, ovaries and testicles, and reduces the possibility of prostrate disease.
But mutations in these two genes account for only 5 to 10 % of breast cancer cases in the general population, and worldwide, breast cancer remains the most common and most
deadly cancer in women.
Among patients
with deadly cancers, more than 90 percent die because of metastatic spread of their disease.
And, although Jobs's unconventional early - treatment choices may not have done much to stave off the spread
of deadly cancer cells in his case, they provide an opportunity to discuss what makes cancer grow and how to stop it.
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers have identified a protein critical to the spread of
deadly cancer cells and determined how it works, paving the way for potential use in diagnosis and eventually possible therapeutic drugs to halt or slow the spread of cancer.
Malignant mesothelioma is an aggressive and
often deadly cancer that can result from exposure to asbestos and asbestos - like fibers such as erionite.
Other deadly cancers, including brain, pancreatic, ovarian, and colonic cancers also can have high levels of IL13RA2 which suggests its importance.
To combat the nation's
third deadliest cancer, the phase 1b / 2 open - label study will explore the combination of standard chemotherapy and two immunotherapy agents: an anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor and a novel antibody targeting CD40, a protein that when activated can drive the immune system to attack tumors.
The drug was a single infusion of a patient's own immune cells that have been modified reprogramed to attack
their deadly cancer.
How the healthcare and medical research industries respond to threats like the escalating occurrence of unique viral infections,
deadly cancers, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which have vexed scientists for generations.
Removing them during already - planned hysterectomies poses little risk and can help prevent
a deadly cancer, researchers find.
We're entering a new frontier in medical innovation with the ability to reprogram a patient's own cells to attack
a deadly cancer.
So an Atheist got
a deadly cancer....
Wiman, the former editor of Poetry (and a guest at one of our evening programs a few years ago), writes of many things, the most important of which is his struggle to survive a rare and
deadly cancer that brings death close and on occasion annihilates him with pain's oblivion.
(Kids» sun exposure may be key to
deadly cancer) Experts say that your best bet is to keep -LSB-...]
(Kids» sun exposure may be key to
deadly cancer)
Later Wednesday, Weitz, under questioning by one of Silver's attorneys, said the politician did work on personal injury cases for the firm and met with clients suffering from mesothelioma,
a deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
The federal government alleges that Silver earned more than $ 3 million in referral fees from a Manhattan law firm for providing the names and contact information for 50 Taub patients who were suffering from mesothelioma,
a deadly cancer caused by exposure to asbestos.
Federal prosecutors allege Silver reaped more than $ 3 million from legal settlements and verdicts won by the Weitz & Luxenberg law firm in Manhattan on behalf of people suffering from mesothelioma,
a deadly cancer.
Lung cancer is
the deadliest cancer worldwide and The American Lung Association estimates more than 158,000 people in the United States will die from the disease this year alone.
And in turn, understanding how the brain develops could help bring answers to understand
these deadly cancers.»
The Tasmanian devil population has decreased by an alarming 70 percent since 1996 because of
a deadly cancer.