Sentences with phrase «leukemia by chemotherapy»
They compared the effectiveness of the combination treatments with just treating the leukemia by chemotherapy or inhibitors alone.
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Inspired by his own bout of leukemia to try to find a better cancer treatment, retired broadcasting station owner Kanzius guessed that as an alternative to chemotherapy, he could inject tumors with metal ions, then use radio waves to heat the metal and destroy cancerous cells.
By creating an experimental model of leukemia in mice whose cancer cells were resistant to chemotherapy the team was able to caracterize these cells» metabolic profile and observed certain modifications at the level of the mitochondria.
New research posted online by the Nature journal Leukemia suggests blocking part of a DNA repair complex that helps some types of leukemia resist treatment can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and enhance sLeukemia suggests blocking part of a DNA repair complex that helps some types of leukemia resist treatment can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and enhance sleukemia resist treatment can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and enhance survival.
There is no known way to prevent most types of leukemia, though some types may be prevented by avoiding high doses of ionizing radiation, exposure to the chemical benzene, smoking and certain types of chemotherapy.
As part of the new study, the researchers showed that intact axons without Phr1 were protected from the damage caused by vincristine, a chemotherapy drug used to treat leukemia, neuroblastoma, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, among other cancers.
One reason for this, explains Hai - Hui (Howard) Xue, MD, PhD, UI professor of microbiology and immunology, is that there are two kinds of tumor cells — bulk leukemia cells that can be killed by TKI drugs, and a subset of cells called leukemia stem cells, which are resistant to TKIs and to chemotherapy.
CT - 011, developed by Israel - based Curetech Ltd, is also being tested in phase II trials in metastatic melanoma, colorectal cancer in combination with chemotherapy, advanced renal cell and prostate cancers, as well as in acute myeloid leukemia.
A trailblazing oncologist who took on childhood leukemia by introducing combination chemotherapy — in which anticancer drugs are given simultaneously rather than singly — retired in September after 50 years at MD Anderson.
Measuring the concentration of leukemia cells in patient bone marrow during the first 46 days of chemotherapy should help boost survival of young leukemia patients by better matching patients with the right intensity of chemotherapy.