Sentences with phrase «in early stage cancer»

Dr. Ornish and colleagues were able to demonstrate that a nearly exclusively plant - based diet allowed for an apparent reversal in early stage cancer growth, so the ideal animal - to - plant protein ratio may be quite low.

David Raulet and colleagues show that the DNA damage response, a kinase cascade induced in early stage cancer cells, induces tumor cells to display ligands that activate natural killer cells and induce tumor cell killing.

FAK inhibitors are being tested on their own in early stage cancer clinical trials, but it will be some years before it is known if combining these drugs with BRAF inhibitors could help patients.

Not exact matches

Intuitive has teamed up with China's Fosun Pharma, for instance, in a joint venture to detect lung cancers in their earliest stages, developing a flexible robotic catheter that can navigate into the cavernous regions of the lungs.

A veteran of digital imaging technology, in 1999 he founded Quantitative Imaging Corp. (QImaging), a manufacturer of digital cameras for scientific and industrial uses — the kind, for example, that can detect microscopic, early - stage cancer cells.

I think in 10 years, we'll have cancer tests such that you take them once or twice a year, find out you have early - stage cancer, take care of it early, and move on.

Phil Knight and OHSU have raised $ 1 billion for the detection of lethal cancers in their early stages.

BioNTech hit the headlines in July when its experimental personalized cancer vaccine, tailored to the tumors of individual patients, kept disease in check in an early - stage clinical trial.

COPENHAGEN, April 10 Genmab plans to own a bigger share of drugs in its early - stage pipeline as Europe's biggest biotechnology company prepares to reduce its reliance on a blockbuster cancer drug, marketed by partner Johnson & Johnson.

Juno also has a few other compounds in early stages of development aimed at treating NHL, pediatric ALL, multiple myeloma, ovarian & breast cancer, AML, lung cancer, and more.

On any given day, Canada's leading researchers unravel the mysteries of biology in state - of - the - art labs throughout the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research; early - stage science and technology companies put business plans into action in the MaRS Incubator; organizations across the innovation spectrum grow their businesses in the Heritage Building — the original brick façade of the old Toronto General Hospital.

«I'm sorry, but f**k cancer,» Kerr said in France after winning the contest staged in memory of LET player Cassandra Kirkland, who died earlier this year at age 32 from lung cancer, and just days after former LPGA Tour golfer Kelli Kuehne's mother passed away from the disease.

Seward in a statement released by his office said he will be «briefly absent» from his Senate duties as a result, but doctors caught the cancer in its earliest stages.

He had stepped down as Northern Ireland secretary in January because of ill health after being diagnosed with the early stages of lung cancer.

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On average, between 2006 - 2010, only 66 % of the breast cancer cases in Erie County were diagnosed at an early stage, so we have a great deal of room for improvement.»

Colorectal cancer is largely treatable when detected in the early stages, but sadly, due to low screening rates, fewer than 40 percent of cases are caught early.

(CNN)-- Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Dodd was released Saturday from Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center after surgery to treat early stage prostate cancer, Dodd's office said in a statCancer Center after surgery to treat early stage prostate cancer, Dodd's office said in a statcancer, Dodd's office said in a statement.

«This novel technique,» they said, «should help distinguish and monitor cancer stages and progression, aid in elucidation of basic mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis, and facilitate analyses of processes related to early detection of cancer, screening and / or cancer risk assessment.»

Jobs, who was reportedly successfully treated for early - stage pancreatic cancer in 2004, notes that the «remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward,» but does not spell out what it is.

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While prostate cancer is relatively easy to treat in its early stages, it is prone to metastasis and can quickly become deadly.

E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Maryland and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, says, «Although we have made tremendous progress in preventing and detecting cervical cancer in its earliest stages, we may not have fully understood the incidence among older women and African - American women.

«An estimated 220,000 men are expected to be newly diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the United States, and the majority will have early - stage disease at low risk for recurrence,» Lee said.

As rates of skin cancer, or melanoma, rise for men and women in the United States, health experts are debating the effectiveness of annual total body examinations in helping to detect the disease in its earlier stages.

«Targeting multiple biomarkers could potentially allow us to identify prostate cancer at its early stages as well as after metastasis in one scan.»

The trial has also included 10 HER -2-negative breast cancer patients, all of them in early stages of the disease.

Scientists investigating the earliest stages of cancer development used an exquisitely sensitive sequencing method capable of detecting DNA mutations present in as few as 1.6 per cent of blood cells, to analyse 15 locations in the genome, which are known to be altered in leukemia.

«Patients diagnosed with early - stage prostate cancer — and that's the vast majority of patients with this disease — face many treatment options that are thought to be similarly efficacious,» said Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH, UNC Lineberger member and associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology.

During the design process, she consulted with dermatologists, who suggested the device might also identify some skin cancers in their earliest stages.

Co-author Subrata Sen, Ph.D., also a professor of Molecular Translational Pathology, notes, «These findings are a significant advance considering that there's nothing else available now to detect early stage pancreatic cancer that has gone through blinded validations in multiple patient cohorts.»

According to Dr. Gass, «In an era where we see more early - staged breast cancer patients choosing mastectomy, no study has previously addressed breast specific sensuality, defined as the breast's role during intimacy.

«Study in early stage breast cancer shows that even small tumors can be aggressive.»

The MINDACT study is managed and sponsored by the EORTC in collaboration with the Breast International Group (BIG) and included 6,693 women with early stage breast cancer (lymph node negative or 1 - 3 lymph node positive).

Pancreatic cancer, the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the U.S., is usually diagnosed at an advanced stage because it has few early warning signs and no established screening method.

Moreover, analysis of HAND2 methylation in endometrial secretions collected from women with postmenopausal bleeding (which can be a symptom of endometrial cancer) accurately identified individuals with early stage cancer.

In fact, the test picked up only 43 % of very early, stage 1 cancers.

This knowledge may lead to the detection of brain cancer in its first stages and permit early intervention.

«Based on the results of this study, the side of origin of CC [colon cancer](left vs. right) should be acknowledged as a criterion for establishing prognosis in both earlier and advanced stages of disease.

Adding two blood - borne proteins associated with cancer cell migration increases the predictive ability of the current biomarker for pancreatic cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Instcancer cell migration increases the predictive ability of the current biomarker for pancreatic cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Instcancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer InstCancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer InstCancer Institute.

As Scientific American reported earlier this year, more than half of the current cancer clinical trials do incorporate some form of immunotherapy but still oncologists are often only in the early stages of understanding how to use such treatment on a larger scale.

With obesity rates climbing during the past 20 years within the United States and colon cancer being the second - leading killer of men and women in the nation, these facts compelled Fenton and her team to conduct research which could identify the specific biomarkers of obesity and early - stage colon cancer and help in prevention efforts.

«Especially in early stages, normal cells can kill cancer cells,» says biologist Yasuyuki Fujita, who led the British team.

The first, called bio-bar-code assays, relies on nanoparticles designed to attach themselves to specific disease - causing proteins; these will vastly improve a doctor's ability to detect diseases like cancer and Alzheimer's in their early stages and to identify pathogens like anthrax.

In examining the STS - CMS linked data, researchers found that the median survival following lung cancer surgery for pathologic Stage I (early stage) was 6.7 years, almost 2 years longer than the benchmark 5 - year survival Stage I (early stage) was 6.7 years, almost 2 years longer than the benchmark 5 - year survival stage) was 6.7 years, almost 2 years longer than the benchmark 5 - year survival rate.

Professor Michael Seckl, lead author from the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial said: «Although these are very early - stage results, and are yet to be applied to patients in trials, they suggest the addition of a very cheap diuretic may extend the amount of time we can use the cancer drug erloCancer at Imperial said: «Although these are very early - stage results, and are yet to be applied to patients in trials, they suggest the addition of a very cheap diuretic may extend the amount of time we can use the cancer drug erlocancer drug erlotinib.

Thanks in part to screening technologies like colonoscopy; colon cancer is often detected in its earliest stages.

Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack diagnostic tools to detect the disease in its early, treatable stages.

«If we can define the boundaries of molecular targets in saliva, then we can ask what the constituents in saliva are that can mark someone who has pre-diabetes or the early stages of oral cancer or pancreatic cancer — and we can utilize this knowledge for personalized medicine,» said Dr. David Wong, a senior author of the research and UCLA's Felix and Mildred Yip Endowed Professor in Dentistry.

Scientific American spoke with geneticist and oncologist Amanda Paulovich, director of the Fred Hutchinson's Early Detection Initiative, about the work she and her team are doing to find biomarkers that can identify cancer in its most formative stages.