Sentences with phrase «in noncancerous»

In the last couple years, however, hundreds of youngsters with cancer have had the DNA in their noncancerous cells sequenced.

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An intraductal papilloma is a noncancerous breast tumor that forms in a milk duct.

Arenas, 34, has a history of noncancerous cysts in her breasts so last summer when her gynecologist found some lumps in her breast and sent her for an ultrasound to rule out cancer, she wasn't worried.

Since the cancer cells in both types of tumors were the same, the researchers compared the noncancerous cells present in the induced and transplanted tumors to explore what might be causing the T cell apoptosis.

Still, the authors conclude that the number and uniformity of the patient population in this study make it possible to comment on the risk of undiagnosed cancer in apparently noncancerous colorectal polyps and the consequences of not making that diagnosis preoperatively.

In total, 83 patients developed complications within 30 days postoperatively, and complication rates were similar between the noncancerous and cancerous groups.

«Incidence of cancer in patients with large colorectal polyps lower than previously thought: 92 percent of the colorectal polyps in patients referred for operations were noncancerous, suggesting advanced endoscopic treatments may be a viable option.»

«Currently a majority of patients undergo colon resections for large polyps that don't harbor any cancer cells, which means in many cases a person's colon is being removed for noncancerous reasons, based on subjective criteria,» said lead study author Emre Gorgun, MD, FACS, FASCRS, a staff surgeon in the department of colorectal surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.

In humans, a comparison of bone marrow from 14 normal bone marrow donors, 35 multiple myeloma patients and 11 patients with a noncancerous condition called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) showed that Runx2 levels were significantly higher in the multiple myeloma cellIn humans, a comparison of bone marrow from 14 normal bone marrow donors, 35 multiple myeloma patients and 11 patients with a noncancerous condition called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) showed that Runx2 levels were significantly higher in the multiple myeloma cellin the multiple myeloma cells.

This could allow researchers to watch complex processes such as cell signaling in cancerous and noncancerous tissue, according to a study published today in Developmental Cell.

It is important for such circuits to be able to discriminate accurately between cancerous and noncancerous cells, so they don't unleash their killing power in the wrong places, Weiss says.

The virus can not infect noncancerous cells, Kirn explained, because researchers deleted its thymidine kinase gene, which it needs to replicate in the body.

Here, in psoriasis, their numbers were doubled, sometimes tripled, but this was noncancerous skin.

To determine whether L1CAM has a role in cancer, the researchers looked for its protein in normal skin cells, cultured noncancerous cells, and aggressive melanomas from 11 patients.

When the researchers tested the circuit in vitro, they found that it was able to detect ovarian cancer cells from amongst other noncancerous ovarian cells and other cell types.

JAX researchers at the Bar Harbor - based lab's Farmington, Conn., genomic research facility and collaborators in Singapore defined the composition of cancerous cells from 11 colorectal tumors and their adjacent noncancerous cells.

After more than a year of planning, the project had an easy - to - use, online consent form in which MBC patients could agree to share medical records, treatment history and tumor tissue and donate saliva samples (allowing researchers to analyze both their cancerous tumors and noncancerous cells).

A noncancerous growth or tumor in one adrenal gland (also called Conn's syndrome), which occurs in about one - third of cases

After 3 to 4 years, the two groups were compared and no difference was found in rates of colon polyps — noncancerous growths that can turn into cancer.

Noncancerous thyroid disease also includes lumps, or nodules, in the thyroid gland that are benign and not cancerous.

One study showed that when curcumin is used together with tamoxifen in treating melanoma (the deadliest form of skin cancer), the combined therapy selectively killed cancerous cells while preserving noncancerous cells.

Antioxidants protect noncancerous cells from the toxicity of chemotherapy and prevent free - radical damage involved in cancer development and treatment.

For reducing vaginal bleeding and reversing the thickening of the lining of the uterus in premenopausal women with noncancerous endometrial hyperplasia: a dose of 100 mg progesterone cream placed inside the vagina daily from day 10 to day 25 of a 28 - day cycle has been used.

Craniomandibular osteopathy is a noncancerous growth of bone that results in abnormalities in the jaw of dogs.

Skin lumps, which are common in dogs, can be noncancerous or a deadly tumor.

It results in an increased production of thyroid hormones from a benign (noncancerous) tumor in the thyroid gland called an adenoma.

There are a variety of types of brain tumors that can occur in the brain tissue, and they may be classified as benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous).