Sentences with phrase «excised tumors»

Indications for radiation therapy (RT) include the primary treatment of specific tumor types, such as nasal tumors and brain tumors, adjuvant treatment of incompletely excised tumors, and palliation to improve quality of life for patients with non-resectable or advanced cancers.

Excised tumors were immediately cut into approximately 25 mg pieces and submerged in RNAlater (Ambion) stabilization solution.

But working with human smooth muscle cells isolated and grown from the healthy parts of airway tissue surrounding excised tumors, Benjamin Kalbe and his colleagues applied a large number of odor molecules and watched two of them activate the muscle cells.

Before they excise a tumor, surgeons need to determine exactly where the cancerous cells lie.

«The conventional approach to excising these tumors involves long skin incisions and removal of a large piece of skull.

Though surgeons have some tools to guide them, the only way to know for certain is for a pathologist to examine the margins, or edges, of the excised tumor following surgery.

In order to surgically excise the tumor, however, it needs to be located away from the neck (also called the trigone) of the bladder and the urethra.

Factors such as tumor grade, tumor spread, and if there was enough of a tissue margin to adequately excise the tumor, are all taken into consideration in deciding if your dog needs additional treatments.

Excise tumors.

If the cancer has not spread, veterinarians commonly suggest surgically excising the tumor and any surrounding tissue that might be carrying cancerous cells.

According to IEEE Spectrum's thorough report — which was published last year — one of Auris's patent applications includes mentions of «lasers, forceps, needles, graspers, and scalpels,» which it said could potentially enable a surgeon to «do everything from biopsies and gastric repairs to excising tumors.»

Not exact matches

For some companies meetings are a tumor of unproductiveness waiting to be excised, while for others they're the lifeblood of the company's communication in chaotic times.

No one would question whether a cancerous tumor should be surgically excised.

Samples of the tumor are excised, examined under a microscope and, often, analyzed to pinpoint the genetic mutations responsible for the malignancy.

Tired of being a guinea pig in the search for remission, in August 2012 Rose sent his excised larynx tumor to Champions.

But what really infuriated him, and ultimately sent him in a new direction, was the federal report on adolescents and young adults with cancer that he read several years after doctors excised a golf - ball - size tumor from inside his head.

Both tumors were excised and determined to be benign.

Radiation therapy may be indicated if the tumor was not completely excised and a more aggressive surgery can not be performed due to its size or location.

Although mast cell tumors are common and are generally benign, any abnormal growth should be surgically excised and submitted for histopathology.

We will now easily be able to treat incompletely excised skin and SQ tumors, urogenital tumors, superficial head and neck tumors as well as many other types that may not require the precision of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy offered by the CyberKnife.

The prognosis for horses with squamous cell carcinoma is usually good if the tumor is small and can be completely excised.

The pleomorphic tumors are more locally aggressive and harder to completely excise.

So when they are removed, a considerably larger diameter than the visible tumor needs to be excised to be sure that all tumorous cells are removed.

Our doctors have specialized training in oral surgery and we have state of the art equipment that allow us to excise oral tumors in ways that are as minimally invasive as possible helping to reduce complications, preserve esthetics and maintain oral function.