Sentences with phrase «makes remaining tumor cells»

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«Our study sought to understand what happens to make those growth - plate cartilage cells remain, and this work will ultimately be used to determine what causes those benign tumors to become malignant.»

hen breast cancer patients get chemotherapy before surgery to remove their tumor, it can make remaining malignant cells spread to distant sites, resulting in incurable metastatic cancer, scientists reported last week.

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.