Sentences with phrase «for other cancer»

The tumor suppressor, which could be useful as a biomarker to help diagnose and monitor treatment for liver cancer, could also be relevant for other cancer types.

Avivi, meanwhile, is continuing to check for other cancer - killing chemicals that might be responsible.

We often, for other cancers, deliver post-operative radiation very soon.»

In particular, although radiation treatment regimens for some other cancers have been found to unleash an anti-tumor response by the patient's own T - cells, the team found no such effect in their pancreatic cancer model.

We do not have evidence that this approach is appropriate for other cancers or chemotherapies.»

The test could potentially be adapted to monitor treatment with PARP inhibitors for other cancers.

For example, risk of cancer of the uterus increased substantially at higher body mass index; for other cancers, we saw more modest increases in risk, or no effect at all.

It might help guide treatment, if specific DNA affects how kids respond to certain drugs; it might alert doctors to children at risk for other cancers later in life, like breast cancer; and it might pinpoint families that could benefit from genetic counseling.

For other cancers, including glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer, glutamine appears to be the primary energy source.»

The process, which located a genetic site for the most common form of prostate cancer, has potential for developing precision therapy for other cancers, such as breast, brain and colorectal, say researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Two more groups have reported preliminary but encouraging results for other cancers.

Secondary AML typically follows a chronic pre-malignant disease or treatment for other cancers.

In a phone interview, Gapstur stressed that people living with cancer remain at risk for other cancers so it's important that they realize alcohol's role in cancer recurrence, too.

The work may also have implications for other cancers.

«But even more importantly, for patients, our ability to identify the similarities could allow treatments for other cancers like lung to be used for certain breast cancers down the road.»

What we find in liver cancer may not hold true for other cancers.»

Combination immunotherapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab as tested in the kidney cancer study described here is already FDA - approved for treatment of melanoma, and is being tested for other cancers.

The fusion gene may also lead to future targeted therapy and have implications for other cancers.

Information about personalized risk has been shown to help patients make more informed choices about participation in screening for other cancers.

Up to 60 % of women with breast cancer also have depression, and that figure generally holds true for other cancers.

A «rule book,» however, may be more difficult to write for other cancers, such as lung cancer, Swanton says, because they have more randomness associated with their evolution.

«We are excited about the possibilities for improving outcomes for those in treatment, and potential applications for other cancers.»

The aim is to develop such early detection tests with MACC1 for other cancers as well, including the Klatskin carcinoma.

Such epigenetic mechanisms have already been exploited for diagnosis and treatment; for example, DNA hypomethylation therapy with 5 - azacytidine is approved for MDS and is in clinical trials for some other cancers.

This is partly due to better screening technologies for these other cancers, but we've also seen a lot more new treatments introduced for other cancers.

TTFields is currently being tested for other cancers in various clinical trials, presented in this website.

Not everyone responds to it, though, says Dr. Sharma, and research on its effectiveness for other cancers is still in its infancy.

But for some other cancers, it may have no benefit and cause severe side effects.

For other cancers, insurers will initially charge a higher rate or add on a surcharge for several years, but over time you should be able to lower your premiums.

Not exact matches

Founded in 2011, Innovent has built a portfolio of 16 potential products for treating cancer, autoimmune disorders and other diseases, and seven of those are in clinical development.

Some have been touted for their alleged cancer - prevention abilities, while others have been sold under the premise that they protect the brain against dementia.

«HEPs listen hard to others and do all they can to grasp their emotional state and needs, whether it is a friend who has just been diagnosed with cancer or a spouse who is upset at them for working late yet again,» he writes, adding, «but listening is never enough.

It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.

Shkreli originally became infamous for his other former company Turing Pharma's 5,000 % price hike for a drug used by cancer and AIDS patients.

23andMe's test screens for the genetic mutations that cause Bloom syndrome, a rare disorder that causes short stature, increased risk of cancer and a variety of other health problems.

Last year, the CDC found that U.S. life expectancy had actually dropped for the first time in more than two decades to an average of 78.8 years and that every major leading cause of death other than cancer was killing more people.

Two Perth - based resources companies are planning to switch sectors with the acquisition of cancer - based biotechnology firms, with one planning a backdoor listing and the other seeking support for an IPO.

The drug may soon find a wider market if it can be shown effective in treating lymphoma and other blood cancers, and the price for those indications may well be different, based on their if value story.

Along with the introduction of other new drugs such as psoriasis treatment Cosentyx, Novartis is hoping that Kymriah will help turn things around after the patent protections expired for its Gleevec cancer drug and Gilenya multiple sclerosis treatment, opening the door to cheaper competitors.

And they now have the option, in terms of self - managing their care with their own primary care physician, to be more on the lookout for any other symptoms of cancer, so we can catch it early.»

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For one thing, margarine is high in Omega 6 fatty acids, which has been linked «to an increased risk for heart disease and may contribute to cancer, asthma, osteoporosis, inflammation, depression and other ailments.&raqFor one thing, margarine is high in Omega 6 fatty acids, which has been linked «to an increased risk for heart disease and may contribute to cancer, asthma, osteoporosis, inflammation, depression and other ailments.&raqfor heart disease and may contribute to cancer, asthma, osteoporosis, inflammation, depression and other ailments.»

A Shire buy would give it a way into the hemophilia market, as well as more drugs for combatting cancer and other illnesses.

One setback for these therapies which use the body's immune system to fight cancers is that they are, at times, more effective in certain patient pools than others.

«While we are disappointed CheckMate - 026 did not meet its primary endpoint in this broad patient population, we remain committed to improving patient outcomes through our comprehensive development program, including the ongoing Phase III CheckMate - 227 study exploring the potential of the combination of Opdivo plus [our other cancer immunotherapy] Yervoy for PD - L1 positive patients, and Opdivo plus Yervoy, or Opdivo plus chemotherapy in PD - L1 negative patients,» he added.

Novartis and Gilead Sciences already received the first two approvals of CAR T for other types of cancer.

Mammograms may be one imaging modality for breast cancer screening but there are other diagnostic tests that can be done, including ultrasound and MRIs.

He had been treated for cancer, pneumonia, and other ailments in recent years but died from natural causes.

Among others, he's invested in the cervical cancer screening tool MobileODT and Biomeme, which claims to do genetic testing for certain types of diseases within an hour.

In it, she talks about her true passion — doing something good for other people, which explains why Student Maid cleans free for cancer patients.