Sentences with phrase «even more tumor»

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Immunotherapy differs from more traditional cancer treatments, such as surgery (cutting malignant cells out of the body), chemotherapy and radiation (poisoning the deadly mutants), and even the newer, more precise molecular drugs that attempt to jam the protein signals that tell tumor cells to keep dividing and conquering.

There used to be feminists who would say that it was more like an appendix or even - this was seriously maintained - a tumor.

The study indicated that even a small period of breastfeeding reduces the risk of these stubborn tumors, which are more common in younger women and generally have a poorer prognosis than other subtypes of breast cancer.

«There was this initial thought that [circulating tumor cells] are only present at late stage,» says Sollier - Christen, but she notes that in the past year, several studies using more sensitive techniques have found such cells much earlier in tumor development, even before the tumor becomes visible by conventional imaging techniques.

Even after initial purification of the sample, liquid biopsies typically contain much more nucleic acid from healthy cells than from tumors.

The new result, she says, «will encourage people to look at tumors where it's very likely that this phenomenon is even more common.»

Then Hamede Ross saw something even more remarkable: In five devils, the tumors got smaller and went away.

Detecting the presence of tumor estrogen or HER2 receptors with PET scans would enable oncologists to examine all sites of cancer for each patient, choose the appropriate drug treatment more quickly, monitor the tumor for changes that would necessitate a switch to another treatment, and even evaluate how well a drug is hitting its receptor targets.

However, the cancer cells of individual other tumor facets of the same patient survived the treatment and were even able to reproduce much more intensively.

In addition, Zeitels notes, the treatment's mechanism of eradicating the blood vessels supplying a tumor — highly effective for conventional vocal - cord cancer — is even more useful for treating tumors caused by HPV infection, which are characterized by an excessive overgrowth of blood vessels.

Even more nerve - racking for the patients was the fact that typically six weeks would pass before he could assess tumor response.

The paper identified two barriers: a wide variation in EGFRvIII expression in patients and a resistance in the tumor microenvironment, which researchers showed became even more immunosuppressive following CAR T cell infusion.

«But the antioxidant boosted the ability of the tumor cells to metastasize, an even more serious problem because metastasis is the cause of death in the case of melanoma.

The argument is augmented by a series of findings demonstrating that Malat1 is even more abundant than usual in some classes of malignant tumor cells.

These drugs also disrupt normal bodily systems and even make the patient more prone to tumor development.

Researchers are also finding ways to manipulate mAbs to make them even more powerful, and to craft them to work in combination with other drugs — for example, by delivering cancer - killing drugs directly to a tumor.

The degree of heterogeneity did not differ between primary and metastatic sites, indicating that more than one core biopsy, or even an entire tumor block might be needed to determine PD - L1 expression in a tumor.

His success in studying virus - host interactions inspired him to tackle an even more difficult question: How do tumor cells turn against their hosts and eventually kill the cancer patients.

«Our anaylsis suggests that biomarkers like E-cadherin are even more important than tumor size, tumor grade, the presence of estrogen receptors or the age of the patient.»

The challenge takes on even more urgency with recent developments, including a federal administration now more open to exploring the potential of stem cells, the recent FDA approval of a human trial involving embryonic stem cells, as well as the reported case of a young boy who developed a brain tumor four years after receiving a stem - cell treatment for a rare genetic disorder.

So beyond the «regular» high occurrence of benign and malignant tumors in rats, the laboratory strains are probably going to have even higher rates of cancer incidence — they're just not as genetically varied as pet rats who've been allowed to explore OKCupid or, more likely, had a descendant who met a special someone from another alley [source: Ducummon].

These findings, Robson notes, show promise for even more refined classification of colorectal and other tumors in the future.

Though I suppose that at the beginning tumor is slightly more alkaline than surrounding tissue, then it grows and develops acidic shell with «proton pump» mechanism, keeping its core even more «live» (alkaline).

I did not start developing these noncancerous tumors until after I had my first child, and now that I am still having complications (caused from the size and regrowth of these fibroids even after their removal from surgery) more so than before can pueraria mirifica (the estro balance brand with d - indolylmethane) be used to treat (etc. reduce the size, pain, and regrowth of uterine fibroid tumors)?

But when cortisol remains in the body two or more days, it affects the body's immune system by reducing its T - cell count, impairing memory, and reducing Natural Killer (NK) cells that fight viruses and even some kinds of tumors.

Some cats even can become senile or suffer from dementia, and brain tumors are not unheard of in cats, all of which can cause cats to become more antisocial or hide more often.

You can see from the Nationwide study that even among the giant breeds, some experience these tumors more frequently than others.

Tumors, which are even more rare, may develop in the ear canal and cause a blockage.

But even when has a more serious tumor develops — such as a brain tumor — surgical advances have given many dogs the opportunity to make remarkable comebacks.

Even though at this usually late date it will not prevent more tumors from appearing, it will prevent uterine infection (pyometra) and uterine cancer, and might even prevent hormone influence on existing tumEven though at this usually late date it will not prevent more tumors from appearing, it will prevent uterine infection (pyometra) and uterine cancer, and might even prevent hormone influence on existing tumeven prevent hormone influence on existing tumors.

With early detection and prompt treatment, even some of the more serious tumors can be successfully treated.

If Tiffany Rose is a whippet, there seems to be an increased likelihood of dermal hemangiosarcomas but they respond well to surgical excision in this breed so there may be less need to worry over the tumor in a whippet than in other breeds even though they may be encountered more frequently.

Cushing's Disease can also lead to pituitary tumors, which can press against the brain, and cause even more neurological damage.

Nails that are too long, or torn; the skeleton being off kilter, so the paws are taking more pressure than they should have to; debris such as pine needles, sticky weeds, tiny bits of gravel between the toes, ticks buried between the toes, salt from winter roads, hot pavement, lawn chemicals that cause a burning feeling; growths / tumors, and even cancerous lesions.