Sentences with phrase «most effective chemotherapy»

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For instance, most common adult solid tumors that are not cured by surgical removal are resistant to chemotherapy or radiation control, yet drug therapy is frequently offered as a «possibly effective» treatment because both patient and physician want to believe it so.

It's worth nothing, however, that they substances are often most effective when used to complement chemotherapy and other medical interventions.

In a continuation of this work, Goldman is also using mathematical modeling to pursue the most effective dose of chemotherapy to induce the vulnerable transition state of the cancer cell demonstrated in this research.

«We hope that our test will significantly improve the odds of survival of breast cancer patients by allowing doctors to identify the most effective but least toxic form of chemotherapy for each individual patient before the treatment begins.»

The authors said their results, which they have made publicly available, constitute an invaluable resource to help clinicians predict which chemotherapies will be most effective against tumor cells with particular genetic mutations, and how to rationally combine therapies to prevent cancers from developing resistance.

Tamara Minko, professor in the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, and Lorna Rodriguez, professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, say because there is not a good screening method for ovarian cancer, most women with the disease are not diagnosed until after it has metastasized to other organs and surgery and chemotherapy are not as effective.

There aren't a lot effective treatments for this aggressive disease — it's resistant to most chemotherapy — and so the need for new approaches is great.

January 14, 2000 Protein predicts prognosis for breast cancer patients Low levels of E-cadherin, a protein that links cells together, appears to be the single most effective factor for predicting which patients with early breast cancer will need chemotherapy following surgery.

Low levels of a protein that helps link cells together appears to be the single most effective factor for predicting which patients with early breast cancer will need chemotherapy following surgery, report researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center in the January 15, 2000 issue of Cancer Research.

Summary: Low levels of E-cadherin, a protein that links cells together, appears to be the single most effective factor for predicting which patients with early breast cancer will need chemotherapy following surgery.

Further, most cancer treatments are based on damaging cancer cells, so understanding why a chemotherapy works, and for which patients, should lead to more effective and less toxic treatments that will increase the cure rate and improve quality of life for cancer survivors.

Laura Donnelly Thousands of women with the most deadly form of breast cancer could be given hope by a breakthrough treatment which could make chemotherapy effective.

A single treatment with chemotherapy before, rather than after, CD47 treatment appeared to be most effective.

Veterinary radiation may prove to be the most effective form of treatment for your pet's type of cancer, or may be used in addition to surgery or veterinary chemotherapy.

If your dog has a relapse after treatment, in most cases another treatment series of chemotherapy has shown to be effective.

Surgery and chemotherapy are the most effective if the tumor is detected on time.

Hyperthermia is considered to be the most effective treatment approach when used in combination with chemotherapy or radiation.

Take, for example, having to make a choice to treat your animal with a new form of chemotherapy that may be highly effective, versus allowing a natural decline and most likely leading to a euthanasia choice of your pet sooner.