Partial response, commonly referred to as PR, is a partial decrease in the size of a cancerous tumor or a decrease in the total
number of cancer lesions.
Not exact matches
«Indeed, in a second tumor model
of metastatic breast
cancer, we demonstrated that mice treated with the EphA2 - targeting paclitaxel conjugate presented nearly no lung metastases, while a large
numbers of lesions were observed in both untreated mice and in mice treated with just paclitaxel.»
The analysis by our unique collaboration indicates that the
cancer risk in these relatively benign early
lesions is determined by the
number of abnormal clones that has been established in the Barrett's mucosa, rather than by specific gene abnormalities.»
«One promising strategy to reduce the
number of people affected by pancreatic
cancer is to identify and treat premalignant pancreatic lesions,» said first author Jennifer Permuth - Wey, Ph.D., M.S., assistant member in the Departments of Cancer Epidemiology and Gastrointestinal Oncology at Mo
cancer is to identify and treat premalignant pancreatic
lesions,» said first author Jennifer Permuth - Wey, Ph.D., M.S., assistant member in the Departments
of Cancer Epidemiology and Gastrointestinal Oncology at Mo
Cancer Epidemiology and Gastrointestinal Oncology at Moffitt.
When tested on 335 high - risk
lesions, the model correctly diagnosed 97 percent
of the breast
cancers as malignant and reduced the
number of benign surgeries by more than 30 percent compared to existing approaches.
It can pick up early lung
cancers and can reduce mortality from lung
cancer by about 20 %, but a large
number of the early
lesions that are seen probably never would go on to being lethal
cancer and being able to discriminate between those that will cause trouble and those that won't make a huge difference in
cancer therapy.
We determined the
number of animals presenting with
cancers and / or precancerous
lesions upon pathological assessment.
Higgins describes studies showing that rats fed resistant starch show decreased
numbers and sizes
of lesions due to colorectal
cancer, and an increased
number of cells that express the protein IL - 10, which acts to regulate the body's inflammatory response.