This environment
helps the tumour cells to spread.
When the researchers eliminated the expression of this gene in the CAFs, these cells behaved like normal fibroblasts, as they lost the ability to
help the tumour cells to progress.
Not exact matches
Injections of killed stem
cells, designed to
help the immune system recognise cancers, have been found to protect mice from developing
tumours
But as inflammation is known to promote the growth of cancer, they assumed that the
cells were
helping the
tumours to grow.
A DEVICE that filters cancer
cells from human blood using sound could
help to identify
tumour cells that have spread.
When chlorotoxin is tagged with a fluorescent dye, it will illuminate a
tumour — a trick that makes the surgeon's job easier by
helping to pinpoint cancerous growth and ensure that all the cancerous
cells are removed and healthy tissue spared.
Tumours spread with the
help of enzymes called matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which destroy the connective tissue between
cells and organs, allowing
tumour cells to break out of the original site and enter new ones.
Growing mini
tumours in the lab from a patient's own
cells could
help doctors discover the best way to treat each person, homing in on the right drugs to use
After testing if the
cells remained viable, or alive, after printing, the researchers examined how the
cells proliferated, how they expressed a specific set of proteins that
help tumours spread, and how resistant the
cells were to anti-cancer drugs.
Cells lining the blood vessels send chemical signals, called cytokines, to the
tumour to
help it resist DNA damage and to recover.
The immune response triggered by eczema could
help prevent
tumour formation by shedding potentially cancerous
cells from the skin.
Mutations in a gene that
helps regulate when genes are switched on and off in
cells have been found to cause rare cases of Wilms
tumour, the most common kidney cancer occurring in children.
This
helps to ensure that the drugs can reach the cancer
cells on the surface and also inside the core of the
tumour.»
Carried out in
cells in the laboratory, in mice and in samples from patients»
tumours, the researchers showed this «safe haven» lets melanoma
cells turn on a parallel set of
cell signals that
helps them survive.
A new biomarker could
help identify abnormal breast
cells that will develop into
tumours, according to research published in Clinical Cncer Research.
Combining a cancer therapy with a second drug therapy that
helps suppress
tumour blood vessels found in cancer
cells can
help to significantly reduce the spread of breast cancer
tumours while also causing cancer
cell death.
We develop antibodies that may
help us detect cancer
cells through highly sensitive medical imaging technologies, as well as antibodies that directly trigger
cell - killing mechanisms in the
tumour.
Even if you get most of the brain
tumour out it comes back again, so we were wondering if you could leave something in the brain cavity that would
help target chemotherapy precisely to the
tumour to destroy the remaining
tumour cells responsible for the disease coming back.
Green tea contains a rich concentration of flavonoids and polyphenols, natural antioxidants that may protect
cells from carcinogens (cancer - causing substances) and inhibit
tumour growth by
helping to neutralise free radicals in the body.
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