Sentences with phrase «lung cancers use»

In fact, some researchers are even suggesting that lung cancers use the PD - 1 pathway to escape immune destruction in the first place.

The Lung Cancer Moon Shot is aimed at ending lung cancer using novel approaches on the following fronts:

Gromova, E. G., et al. «[Regulation of the indices of neuroendocrine status in surgical patients with lung cancer using optimal doses of ascorbic acid].»

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Analysts at the investment bank said the Dow member's sales could boom because of Keytruda, a blockbuster drug used to treat lung cancer.

The company has been trying to win FDA approval for Opdivo to be used as a first option treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Valued for its resistance to heat and corrosion, asbestos was widely used for decades in such products as building materials, pipe insulation and floor tiles before studies linked it to lung cancer and other diseases.

This is equivalent to someone saying I can smoke and prevent lung cancer so long as I use filtered ciagarettes; completely asinine... right?

Second since something abnormal can be a sign of something detrimental (e.g., abnormal growth in your lung turns out to be cancer), it can also be used to mean «wrong».

Indians use tobacco in their spiritual practices all the time and Im not sure they are dying from lung cancer very often when used in those situations.

Logically, that is the exact same argument as saying because some non-smokers in my family got lung cancer, and because I have a great great aunt that lived to 100 without getting lung cancer while smoking two packs a day, I don't really have to worry about lung cancer if I start smoking, using smoking as an indicator of cancer risk is garbage.

It turns out that talcum powder is dangerous if inhaled into baby's lungs, can irritate sensitive skin, and that its use has been linked to an increase in ovarian cancer.

It's a change long sought by groups like the American Heart, Lung and Cancer associations, which believe it could accelerate an overall decline in youth tobacco use.

Non — small cell lung cancer may involve genetic aberrations that can be used to direct therapy.

Gemcitabine is used to treat patients with pancreatic, lung, breast and bladder cancers.

Further preclinical work will be needed to use the herpes - loaded stem cells for breast, lung and skin cancer tumors that metastasize to the brain.

Last year, the FDA approved for use against lung cancer two antibody - based therapies that block PD - 1.

Patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer will always progress after chemotherapy, so most patients go on to be treated with immunotherapy, a type of therapy that uses the body's immune system to fight cancer.

«Clinical trial using immunotherapy drug combinations to treat lung cancer appears safe.»

The current research suggests that pancreatic cancer cells that spread to organs that receive a blood supply rich in glucose and other nutrients, such as the liver and lungs, acquire metabolic adaptations to use these «natural resources» to increase their tumorigenic fitness.

The team studied a lung cancer drug called erlotinib which can be used to treat between 10 and 30 per cent of lung cancer patients.

Beyond lung cancer, Zeng said the lab - on - a-chip could be used to detect a range of potentially deadly forms of cancer.

A one - two combo punch using two currently available drugs could be an effective treatment for the majority of lung cancers, a study by scientists with UT Southwestern's Simmons Cancer Center shows.

Using genome data from more than 50,000 cancer cases and 60,000 controls through the GAME - ON (Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology) network, the team compared telomere lengths with the risk of developing breast, lung, colorectal, ovarian and prostate cancers, including subtypes.

There are nine criteria used to determine a causal relationship in disease, developed in the context of smoking and lung cancer in 1965 by British epidemiologist Sir Austin Bradford Hill.

We then used death from lung cancer to extrapolate death from all smoking - related conditions.

Now, in a provocative study that raises unsettling questions about the widespread use of vitamin supplements, Swedish researchers have showed that relatively low doses of antioxidants spur the growth of early lung tumors in cancer - prone mice, perhaps by hindering a well - known tumor suppressor gene.

We used death from lung cancer as a marker for smoking - related death because lung cancer is the condition most strongly tied to smoking.

Researchers used molecular scissors called CRISPR / Cas9 to engineer immune cells that were then injected into a patient with lung cancer, Nature reports.

HDAC inhibitors have been approved for use in blood cancers and are being tested for benefit in other cancers, such as breast, colorectal, gastric, liver, lung and prostate cancers that overexpress specific HDAC proteins.

«Potential targeted therapy for lung cancer identified using fly model.»

Using both fruit fly and human lung cancer cell lines, researchers targeted two of the most common genetic mutations associated with NSCLC — Ras and PTEN (P13K).

While most of the work was done in the lab, Ahuja says her colleagues have already started to put the panel into use in a lung cancer trial.

The five types of cancers analyzed in this study have screening methods that allow for detection at an early stage, though in some instances, debate remains over efficacy and appropriate use: mammography for breast cancer, colonoscopy for colorectal cancer, Pap smear and / or HPV test for cervical cancer, spiral computed tomography or CT for lung cancer, and PSA test for prostate cancer.

Among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer without a mutation of a certain gene (EGFR), conventional chemotherapy, compared with treatment using epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, was associated with improvement in survival without progression of the cancer, but not with overall survival, according to a study in the April 9 issue of JAMA.

The two representatives refer to a controversy over the use of CT scans to detect lung cancer in which scientists on both sides of a debate about the usefulness of this technology were accused of having conflicts of interest.

Now doctors have investigated the use of crizotinib in patients with ALK positive lung cancer who have not yet received any chemotherapy treatment.

Produced by tasks such as grinding concrete and sandblasting, used in the construction and other industries, crystalline silica dust can cause silicosis — an incurable disease involving inflammation of the lungs — and lung cancer.

Trinh and his colleagues used Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER) data to look at more than 2.5 million Asian American patients who were diagnosed with lung, breast, prostate or colorectal cancer (the three leading causes of cancer - related mortality within each gender) between 1991 and 2007.

To demonstrate the potential for treating lung disease, the researchers used the nanoparticles to block two genes that have been implicated in lung cancer — VEGF receptor 1 and Dll4, which promote the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors.

The study used samples from lung cancer patients with brain metastases.

In Grand Junction, Colo., radioactive mill tailings were used as building materials, causing increased risk of lung cancer, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

By using molecular genetic tools to reduce the amount of PC in human lung cancer cells, the team observed decreased cell growth, a compromised ability to form colonies in soft agar (a gelatinous material specifically used to grow bacteria and other cells), and a reduced rate of tumor growth in mice.

Using data released in December 2012, Murray and his colleagues have calculated that road accidents in 2010 cost humanity 75 million years of healthy life — more than measles, lung cancer, tuberculosis or iron - deficiency anemia.

A recent study in Manchester has found that a procedure to take tissue samples from lung cancer patients can be used safely in the elderly — allowing doctors to make a more accurate diagnosis and to choose appropriate treatment.

In a test designed to show how the tool would be used in actual practice, Dr. Wang retrospectively tested iCAGES using detailed sequencing data from a patient with lung cancer.

The team used text - mining to identify genes known to be associated with breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers.

«We are planning to develop a lung cancer - specific comorbidity index using prospective data for the best estimate of the impact of individual comorbid conditions on survival.»

The temperature of exhaled breath could be used to diagnose lung cancer, according to a new study.

Testing for the EGFR mutation and ALK rearrangements and the use of targeted therapies have given lung cancer patients the chance for survival, along with improved quality of life and time with loved ones.

Spain's top cancer scientist is fighting with the government over a plan to use private funding to develop drugs against lung cancer — and both parties have chosen the media as their battleground.