Sentences with phrase «kidney cancer team»

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The Freiburg team demonstrated that the drugs sorafenib and axitinib, which are currently approved only for kidney and liver cancer, are effective in CML model systems as well.

The team's insights into the origins of kidney cancer have implications for promoting kidney growth and regeneration.

Albiges's team followed up on Furberg and Hakimi's work by comparing survival rates of normal weight and obese individuals with kidney cancer that had metastasized.

At a poster session on renal cancer, a team at the Dana - Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, led by Laurence Albiges, now at Gustave Roussy near Paris, presented its findings from a study of 4,657 individuals with metastatic cancer, a team at the Dana - Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, led by Laurence Albiges, now at Gustave Roussy near Paris, presented its findings from a study of 4,657 individuals with metastatic Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, led by Laurence Albiges, now at Gustave Roussy near Paris, presented its findings from a study of 4,657 individuals with metastatic kidney

The team found that obese people with kidney cancer had a 53 % lower risk of dying from renal - cell carcinoma than patients who were normal weight2.

The team's work was funded by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund.

At the Jackson Laboratory in Maine, gerontologist David Harrison and his team chose to test rapamycin, which is already approved for use in procedures such as kidney transplants, because previous research showed that the drug increases the life span of flies and may reduce cancer in mammals.

Dr. Raquibul Hannan, left, and Dr. Robert Timmerman led a team that successfully used stereotactic body radiation therapy for the first time to treat an often deadly complication of kidney cancer.

Similarly, the team says, those with traumatic brain injuries, cancer, end - stage kidney failure, complicated diabetes, heart disease, developmental disabilities and cerebral palsy need better coordination of their care across health care settings.

The team is now examining whether there is a relationship between antioxidant nutrient intake and kidney cancer risk in a National Cancer Institute - funded case - control study primarily conducted with participants from the metropolitan Detroitcancer risk in a National Cancer Institute - funded case - control study primarily conducted with participants from the metropolitan DetroitCancer Institute - funded case - control study primarily conducted with participants from the metropolitan Detroit area.

The team found evidence of the process in several other cell types, including breast, ovarian, umbilical cord, and kidney cancer cells.

Aug 8, 2008 Two New Predisposition Genes For Breast, Thyroid And Kidney Cancers Could Lead to More Accurate Diagnosis and Earlier Detection of These Cancers Charis Eng, MD, PhD, Sondra J and Stephen R Hardis Endowed Chair of Cancer Genomic Medicine and Chair, GMI, and her team published in the Aug 8, 2008 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics that germline mutations in SDHB and SDHD, which play key roles in the mitochondria (the cell's power houses), predispose to Cowden and Cowden - like syndromes.

A total of 13 Dream Team clinical trials are active right now, for patients with bladder cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, triple - negative breast cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, small cell and non-small cell lung cancer, sarcoma, and melanoma, and seven more trials are planned.

Swanton and his team took biopsies from four kidney cancer patients at various locations within the same tumors, and from metastases, at different times during their course of treatments.

Affiliations: Peer Mentor — Galen College of Nursing │ «Relay For Life» Team Leader — American Cancer Society Volunteer — Kosair Charities │ Volunteer — National Kidney Foundation │ Alumni — Delta Delta Delta