Sentences with phrase «just killing the tumor cells»

We want to kill these cells that are feeding the tumor rather than just killing the tumor cells, which is less effective.»

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While radiotherapy can precisely target just the tumor site, systemic chemotherapy spreads a wide net, sending drugs speeding throughout the entire body in an attempt to kill cancer cells while also killing many healthy cells.

These so - called «living drugs» — injected T cells genetically modified to better recognize and kill tumor cells through a perpetual process of cell renewal and expansion — are revolutionizing cancer treatment, with the first two FDA approvals of such gene - altering therapies occurring in just the last two months.