Sentences with phrase «kill remaining tumor cells»

The tumor is removed and the site frozen with liquid nitrogen (cryosurgery) to kill any remaining tumor cells.

The idea: trigger immune activity within the brain itself to kill remaining tumor cells — the ones neurosurgeons can't take out, which make this type of tumor so dangerous.

Not exact matches

The development of targeted therapies has significantly improved the survival of melanoma patients over the last decade; however, patients often relapse because many therapies do not kill all of the tumor cells, and the remaining cells adapt to treatment and become resistant.

If a given drug cocktail kills 90 percent of the cancer cells but doesn't affect the remaining 10 percent, the resistant tumor cells can take over and cause the tumor to grow back.

They find that the cells can remain dormant during chemotherapy that kills off most of the cancer and can give rise to new tumors once the drug treatment stops.

The vaccine is unique to the individual participant and is engineered to trigger an immune system response to kill tumor cells that may remain following surgery.

Technology such as this, scientists said, may have a promising future in the identification and surgical removal of malignant tumors, as well as using near - infrared light therapies that can kill remaining cancer cells, both by mild heating of them and generating reactive oxygen species that can also kill them.

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new way to selectively insert compounds into cancer cells — a system that will help surgeons identify malignant tissues and then, in combination with phototherapy, kill any remaining cancer cells after a tumor is removed.

In any of these forms, drugs are administered to kill remaining cancer cells after removing a tumor in surgery (adjuvant), shrink an existing tumor prior to surgery (neoadjuvant), or quicken remission for specific blood - borne cancers (induction).

It may be used before surgery to shrink very large tumors, or after surgery to kill cancer cells that may have remained.