Sentences with phrase «in nearby healthy tissue»

Not exact matches

In a bid to progress beyond the shotgun approach to fighting cancer — blasting malignant cells with toxic chemicals or radiation, which kills surrounding healthy cells in the process — researchers at the Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are using nanotechnology to develop seek - and - destroy models to zero in on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissuIn a bid to progress beyond the shotgun approach to fighting cancer — blasting malignant cells with toxic chemicals or radiation, which kills surrounding healthy cells in the process — researchers at the Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are using nanotechnology to develop seek - and - destroy models to zero in on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissuin the process — researchers at the Harvard - MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST) are using nanotechnology to develop seek - and - destroy models to zero in on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissuin on and dismantle tumors without damaging nearby normal tissue.

Once inside, researchers found that the antibodies zeroed in on their targets — viral antigens — and the radioisotopes destroyed nearby cancer cells without damaging surrounding healthy tissue.

In the nine patients evaluated, the nanoparticles were found only in tumor tissue and not nearby, healthy tissuIn the nine patients evaluated, the nanoparticles were found only in tumor tissue and not nearby, healthy tissuin tumor tissue and not nearby, healthy tissue.

Sedation is often used to help patients stay in the exact position needed so radiation hits the tumor and not nearby healthy tissue.

These technologies enable your care team to safely direct more radiation to cancer cells and less to nearby healthy tissues and in less time than many older technologies.

The surgery can be «open» — meaning, the doctor will make a large cut to remove the tumor, surrounding healthy tissue, and nearby lymph nodes all at once — or «minimally invasive,» in which a surgeon can use special tools to remove the growths by making a few smaller cuts.