Sentences with phrase «despite aggressive chemotherapy»

The discovery of this stem cell could explain why some breast cancers recur despite aggressive chemotherapy.

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All patients receive radiation and chemotherapy, yet despite the aggressive approach, the regimen fails in about one - third of patients with cervical cancer that has spread beyond the cervix but not outside the pelvis.

Despite aggressive therapy with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, long - term survival for HGG patients remains less than 20 percent.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Although men with prostate cancer usually respond to standard treatment with hormone therapy or chemotherapy, many will eventually experience progression or recurrence despite treatment — particularly those with high - risk or aggressive forms of the disease.

More aggressive forms of lymphoma like large cell lymphoma may only survive months despite multi-agent chemotherapy.