Sentences with phrase «in tumor risk»

For nearly 20 years, doctors have used cyclosporine to dull the immune response, which would otherwise reject a transplant — a strategy that carries with it a 100-fold increase in tumor risk among these patients compared to healthy individuals.

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The study found an increased risk of cardiac schwannoma, a tumor type that typically originates from cells found in neurons.

Two other reports in the same issue of Cancer Causes and Control suggest that children born to mothers who eat at least one hot dog per week during pregnancy have double the normal risk of developing brain tumors, as do children whose fathers ate hot dogs before conception.

This recipe is full of chickpeas which help promote bone health, improve blood sugar levels in diabetics, improve blood pressure, promote heart health, reduce bad cholesterol, and reduce risks of cancer and decreases tumor growth rates.

Because Kraft, Coca Cola and Wal - mart are living proof that is possible for giant corporations to make and sell kid - friendly, family - friendly, and healthy processed foods so that we can give our kids some special treats — like the U.K. versions of Starburst and Skittles, for example — without necessarily exposing them to a chemical cocktail that might also give them brain tumors, or leukemia, or the symptoms of ADHD, as the Center for Science in the Public Interest recently highlighted in their report «Rainbow of Risks».

The study indicated that even a small period of breastfeeding reduces the risk of these stubborn tumors, which are more common in younger women and generally have a poorer prognosis than other subtypes of breast cancer.

Given the results of a a new study reported in the British medical journal, The Lancet4 that children and young adults scanned multiple times by CT have a small increased risk of leukemia and brain tumors in the decade following their first scan, parents should make sure a CT scan is really necessary in treatment of their child after head injury.

In this special section of Science, expert contributors retrace the long and tortuous path leading to the mapping and identification of the BRCA1 gene; discuss the ways in which BRCA mutation status has been integrated into the clinical management of patients in high - risk families; and highlight the role of the BRCA proteins in preserving the structural and numerical integrity of chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, a function that may explain their tumor suppressor activitIn this special section of Science, expert contributors retrace the long and tortuous path leading to the mapping and identification of the BRCA1 gene; discuss the ways in which BRCA mutation status has been integrated into the clinical management of patients in high - risk families; and highlight the role of the BRCA proteins in preserving the structural and numerical integrity of chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, a function that may explain their tumor suppressor activitin which BRCA mutation status has been integrated into the clinical management of patients in high - risk families; and highlight the role of the BRCA proteins in preserving the structural and numerical integrity of chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, a function that may explain their tumor suppressor activitin high - risk families; and highlight the role of the BRCA proteins in preserving the structural and numerical integrity of chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, a function that may explain their tumor suppressor activitin preserving the structural and numerical integrity of chromosomes throughout the cell cycle, a function that may explain their tumor suppressor activity.

Also limiting the use of therapeutic stem cells to date, self - renewal, a quality so vital to a fast - growing fetus, can also be a source of cancer risk when haphazard, unlimited cell multiplication results in the abnormal tissue growth seen in tumors.

«Shifting bacterial communities in the stomach may influence cancer risk: Microbe changes linked with specific conditions could explain differences in risk and type of tumor.»

Prostate cancer risk groups are assigned based on the prostate biopsy results, which include the Gleason score (GS)-- an indication of how aggressively the tumor cells may behave — and the prostate specific antigen (PSA) level in the patient's blood at the time of diagnosis.

Different changes to the microbial community of the stomach may explain why related conditions are associated with different risk levels and types of gastric tumor, according to a new study in PLOS Pathogens.

In other words, regardless of surgery timing, patients who require higher risk procedures, such as a major liver resection due to the presence of larger or multiple metastatic tumors or high - risk colorectal resections, have poorer outcomes than those who underwent more minor surgery.

Adjusted relative risk ratios (RRR) and 95 % confidence intervals for the association between prostate cancer incidence and the scores of adherence to Western, Prudent, and Mediterranean dietary patterns in MCC - Spain study by tumor aggressiveness and extension.

Razqallah Hakem, a cancer biologist at the University of Toronto in Ontario, and his colleagues normally study a tumor suppressor called BRCA1, variants of which put women at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

Although normal inflammation plays an important role in helping to fight off infections, there is mounting evidence that chronic inflammation is linked to increased risk of tumor development.

Instead, researchers told the European Breast Cancer Conference that their findings suggest that extending screening programs to older women results in a large proportion of women being over-treated, and at risk from the harmful effects of such treatment, because these women were more likely to die from other causes than from any tumors detected in the early stages of growth.

One application is the prognosis of the melanoma: the authors show in tumor biopsies that the amount of RAB7 in a cutaneous tumor defines the risk of developing metastasis.

The reduction in the number of potentially unnecessary biopsies appears to have occurred at the cost of detecting fewer intermediate risk PCa tumors.

«Using tumor necrosis factor inhibitors decreases risk of heart attacks in rheumatoid arthritis patients.»

«For men initially diagnosed with low - risk prostate cancer, MRI - ultrasound confirmatory biopsy including targeting of suspicious lesions seen on MRI results in frequent detection of tumors,» the study states.

While Paclitaxel treatment alone can lead to a decrease in tumor size, there is a large risk of relapse once the treatment is terminated.

Women who have high levels of both testosterone and estrogen in midlife may face a greater risk of developing benign tumors on the uterus called uterine fibroids than women with low levels of the hormones, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In the second study, researchers examined whether aspirin is associated with breast density, which is a widely accepted risk factor for both estrogen receptor minus (ER --RRB- and estrogen receptor positive (ER +) breast cancers, and can be a key factor in detecting tumors during routine mammogramIn the second study, researchers examined whether aspirin is associated with breast density, which is a widely accepted risk factor for both estrogen receptor minus (ER --RRB- and estrogen receptor positive (ER +) breast cancers, and can be a key factor in detecting tumors during routine mammogramin detecting tumors during routine mammograms.

F -18-FDG CLI is, therefore, a promising, low - risk technique for intraoperative assessment of tumor margins in breast - conserving surgery.

Although surgical excision of tumors remains the standard of care for renal tumors that have not yet spread (localized), the risk of complications in elderly or ill patients may outweigh the benefits of surgery.

Unlike other solid tumors, there has been limited progress in understanding the contribution of genetic risk factors to the development of uveal melanoma, researchers say, primarily due to the absence of comprehensive genetic data from patients as the large sample cohorts for this rare cancer type have not been available for research.

We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

AFP reports that Israeli researchers found that frequent cell phone users — described as people who chatter on mobiles more than 22 hours a month — had a nearly 50 percent higher risk than others of developing a tumor on the parotid gland (the largest of the salivary glands on the side of the face just in front of the ear).

«Our discovery of germline mutations in so many cases of Wilms tumor means that the children and family members of these patients may be at risk for tumor development,» said Perlman.

In a new International Journal of Cancer analysis, researchers found a link between maternal residential pesticide use — particularly insecticides — and the risk of childhood brain tumors.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that dietary capsaicin — the active ingredient in chili peppers — produces chronic activation of a receptor on cells lining the intestines of mice, triggering a reaction that ultimately reduces the risk of colorectal tumors.

Researchers in Sweden sought to determine if use of tumor necrosis factor inhibitor drugs to treat RA would result in a reduced risk of acute coronary syndrome (commonly called ACS), defined as a diagnosis of a heart attack or unstable angina (the worsening or increasing cardiac symptoms)

The approach regularly results in patients entering treatment pathways with potential negative side effects, to treat low - risk tumors.

Tumor necrosis factor inhibitor drugs (commonly called Anti-TNFs) modestly reduce the risk of acute coronary syndrome, such as heart attacks and angina, in rheumatoid arthritis patients whose inflammation places them at higher risk of developing coronary heart disease, according to new research findings presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting in San Diego.

It has been recognized that the more aggressive triple - negative breast cancer occurs more frequently in African American women, but no previous study has examined racial differences in tumor genotype and how they might contribute to the risk of cancer recurrence.

In their paper published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the researchers report that several genetic characteristics of more aggressive tumors were significantly more prevalent in African American patients and appeared to be associated with a greater risk of tumor recurrencIn their paper published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the researchers report that several genetic characteristics of more aggressive tumors were significantly more prevalent in African American patients and appeared to be associated with a greater risk of tumor recurrencin the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the researchers report that several genetic characteristics of more aggressive tumors were significantly more prevalent in African American patients and appeared to be associated with a greater risk of tumor recurrencin African American patients and appeared to be associated with a greater risk of tumor recurrence.

«The higher risk of tumor recurrence that we observed among African American women was reduced when controlling for those factors, suggesting that these genomic differences contribute, at least partly, to the known racial disparity in the survival of African American and Caucasian breast cancer patients.»

The final list of 24 questions ranges from how obesity contributes to cancer risk, to why certain mutations promote cancer in some tissues but not others and why some tumors lie dormant for years before becoming malignant.

«Radiation a risk factor for brain tumors in young people, study finds.»

PFOA exposure increases the risk of certain tumors in rodents, though it's unclear whether it raises the risk of cancer in humans.

In people under age 30, radiation is a risk factor for a type of brain tumor called a meningioma, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found.

Researchers used the mice to show that pemetrexed and gemcitabine worked against human group 3 tumors and that the drugs could be used in combination with existing chemotherapy agents to boost treatment effectiveness without undue risk.

However, Rubin and his colleagues knew that sex hormones could not account for the differences in brain tumor risk.

To investigate variations between the highest risk cases of prostate cancer, researchers conducted a range of genomic analyses, including sequencing the RNA in 25 patients» prostate tumors.

Neuroblastoma tumors shrank, some dramatically, in 80 percent of newly diagnosed, young, high - risk patients enrolled in a Phase II clinical trial that included an experimental monoclonal antibody.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy to determine node status microscopically is an additional procedure some clinicians recommend for intermediate tumors (1 to 4 mm thickness) or high - risk thin tumors (Clark's level III or greater, particularly in men with truncal tumors or when ulceration or regression is present) and clinically negative nodes.

2016 - present Internist in charge, Clinic of Myositis, Unit of Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 2013 - present Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Università Vita - Salute San Raffaele, Milano 2013 - present Clinical Coordinator, Autoimmunity and Gender Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 2009 - present Group leader, Innate Immunity and Tissue Remodeling Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 2002 - present Internist in charge, High Risk Pregnancy Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 2003 - 2013 Physician Scientist, Division of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 1999 - 2002 Intern, Division of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milano 1997 - 1999 PhD student, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano 1995 - 1997 Postdoc, Center d'Immunologie INSERM - CNRS de Marseille - Luminy, Marseille, France 1994 - 1995 Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano

Any time you do a «cut - and - paste» on DNA in cells, it could lead to some unknown risk of tumor in the cells that are genetically modified.

In a study, published in Science, they investigated a gene region that contains a particular single nucleotide variant associated with increased risk for developing colorectal and prostate cancers — and found that removing this region caused dramatic resistance to tumor formatioIn a study, published in Science, they investigated a gene region that contains a particular single nucleotide variant associated with increased risk for developing colorectal and prostate cancers — and found that removing this region caused dramatic resistance to tumor formatioin Science, they investigated a gene region that contains a particular single nucleotide variant associated with increased risk for developing colorectal and prostate cancers — and found that removing this region caused dramatic resistance to tumor formation.