Pre-malignant aneuploid cells grew more slowly and
formed smaller tumors than comparable cells with normal chromosome number, CSHL researchers found...
Pre-malignant aneuploid cells grew more slowly and
formed smaller tumors than comparable cells with normal chromosome number.»
In humans, colon cancer often spreads to the liver and
forms small tumors that are difficult to detect, similar to ovarian tumors.
Not exact matches
Only a
small portion of cancer cells can
form new
tumors or metastases, and these are called «cancer stem cells.»
Adding the monoclonal antibody drug trastuzumab — already used to treat certain breast cancers — to the chemotherapy regimen of women with a rare
form of uterine cancer lengthens the amount of time their
tumors are kept from growing, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conducting a
small phase II trial of the regimen, testing its safety and value.
The
tumors formed in mice co-treated with chidamide and decitabine were significantly
smaller than those that
formed in untreated animals or those treated with the single agents, starting from 15 days of treatment (Figure 4C, left panel), as visualized by 18F - fluorodeoxyglucose
small - animal positron emission tomography — computed tomography at 21 days of treatment (Figure 4C, right panel).
Approximately one million cells of each clone were inserted into 0.9 mm capillary tubes and centrifuged to
form a
small pellet; this amount corresponds to a
small primary
tumor, or average size metastasis.
While canine mast cell
tumors often appear
small and insignificant, they can be a very serious
form of cancer in dogs.
Large and
small animal nuclear medicine is available and is a subspecialty of radiology in which radioisotopes (compounds containing radioactive
forms of atoms) are put into the body to evaluate organ function or localize bone disease such as stress fractures or
tumor metastasis.