Sentences with phrase «of cancer of»

For example, risk of cancer of the uterus increased substantially at higher body mass index; for other cancers, we saw more modest increases in risk, or no effect at all.

Researchers report today in the journal Cancer Prevention Research that they found the stomach microbe Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) may help prevent a major form of cancer of the esophagus (the muscular tube that carries food and drink from the throat to the stomach).

For the President of the Republic to publicly condemn the acts of these groups as criminals while addressing Parliament and recently in Kumasi in the presence of the Otumfuor, Asantehene and his call on the Police Service to act, attests to the seriousness of this cancer of political vigilantism in Ghana.

Breastfeeding also has many health and emotional benefits for the mother, including decreased blood loss postpartum, delayed return to fertility, and decreased risk of cancer of the breast and ovaries.

In 2006, shortly after retiring and moving to Arizona, Mr. Webster was diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer of the connective tissue, his wife said.

To obtain indirect costs for breast and ovarian cancer, we applied the ratio from the National Institutes of Health of indirect to direct costs of cancer of 0.229.39

Both of these symptoms are potential signs of leukemia, a type of cancer of the blood or bone marrow, and tests conducted last week, while the Colts were on a bye, confirmed the specific diagnosis of APL.

When I was just beginning to do volunteer work at Cabrini Hospice in Manhattan, I visited an emaciated, dispirited man who was dying of cancer of the larynx.

The residual effect of this cancer of the soul is that it inevitably targets the healthiest of our relationships.

For every 1.8 ounces (50 grams) of processed meat eaten per day, every day — the equivalent of one hot dog — the risk of cancers of the lower stomach... increases by 18 %.

«Certainly, if you just look at our area over the last 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, we certainly seem to have a high incidence of cancers of all types.

In 2002, the same group of cancer researchers found sufficient evidence linking excess weight to higher risks of cancers of the colon, esophagus, kidney, breast and uterus.

Each 5 kg / m ² increase in BMI was clearly linked with higher risk of cancers of the uterus (62 % increase), gallbladder (31 %), kidney (25 %), cervix (10 %), thyroid (9 %), and leukemia (9 %).

Not exact matches

In the two years since Watson Health launched, it has struck partnerships with an impressive array of academic institutions, such as the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and prominent biopharma companies like Pfizer (pfe), Medtronic (mdt), and Johnson & Johnson (jnj).

As Mary Mycio has pointed out in Slate, however, it's impossible to know how many incidents of cancer were directly caused by Chernobyl.

Genmab's strategy is to use its growing royalty stream from Darzalex to invest in its next wave of medicines like cervical cancer drug tisotumab vedotin, which is being developed in a 50/50 partnership with Seattle Genetics.

Yet, while Shelley Hwang, chief of breast surgery at Duke Cancer Institute and vice chair of research at Duke University's Department of Surgery, agrees in principle, she also has concerns about all the new diagnostic potential that will come with precision medicine.

«In the long term, we want to be able to send energy to and communicate with implants all over the body, to record data from a variety of organs in many different ways, maybe even report on the conditions of tumors or cancer therapies,» Maharbiz says.

Certain strains of the virus, which is sexually transmitted, are known to lead to the development of cervical cancer, as well as to cancers of the genitals, anus, and oropharynx (the part of the throat that lies just behind the mouth).

Instead of being injected into the bloodstream and exposed to the rest of the body's tissue — with all the unpleasant side effects, as is the case with chemotherapy — these agents only target cancer cells.

• Surface Oncology, a Cambridge, Mass. - based cancer antibody developer, filed for an IPO of up to $ 75 million.

Doctors in Edinburgh are developing a service to store testicular tissue from boys as young as one to help those at risk of infertility after cancer treatment.

«I feel more rewarded about Flatiron, beyond the money potentially everyone could make over time, because of the fact that we're actually making a difference in cancer,» he said.

Drugmaker Merck reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a more than 150 percent rise in sales of cancer drug Keytruda.

His son Beau died of cancer in May.

The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced yesterday that it was presenting its prestigious 2017 Lasker - DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award to a pair of National Cancer Institute researchers, Douglas Lowy and John Schiller, who created a vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus, or HPV, from taking hold in the body.

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A two - month 2010 study of nearly 300 cancer patients at the Mayo Clinic found that those given 1,000 or 2,000 milligrams of ginseng each day reported feeling more energized compared with those who took a placebo.

It was published posthumously, after Kalanithi died of lung cancer in 2015 at age 37.

The company dished out another $ 7 million this year for cancer research at the University of Toronto Mississauga campus.

That was followed by the takeover of Kairos Therapeutics, a Vancouver startup re-engineering human antibodies to fight cancer.

This time, the approval is for a type of blood cancer called large B - cell lymphoma.

Darzalex, however, has not yet reached its peak potential as the drug moves into earlier stages of the disease and is being tested on solid tumours like lung cancer.

Research on green tea consumption in people with other forms of cancer has been too limited to say whether it's beneficial.

The senator from Arizona returned Monday to Washington, DC, less than a week after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer and less than two weeks after he had brain surgery.

And early this month he invested millions in a company that's creating a simple blood test to detect every form of cancer.

Founded in 2011, Innovent has built a portfolio of 16 potential products for treating cancer, autoimmune disorders and other diseases, and seven of those are in clinical development.

Perth - based law firm Jackson McDonald has honoured a former partner by funding an emerging cancer researcher as part of a record $ 4 million in grants announced by the Cancer Council WA cancer researcher as part of a record $ 4 million in grants announced by the Cancer Council WA Cancer Council WA today.

Grail's «liquid biopsy» shows promise in boosting cancer patients» chances of survival.

One of American's premier science prizes is celebrating research into the prevention of cancer.

On Tuesday, McCain returned to Washington shortly after doctors diagnosed him with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

It's believed that these two strains of the virus cause 70 % of cervical cancers worldwide.

• TAE Life Sciences, a Foothill Ranch, Calif. - based developer of treatments for difficult to treat cancers, raised $ 40 million in Series A funding.

AN integrated business embracing public and private health - care services has doubled the availability of cancer treatment in Western Australia.

A series of preliminary Mayo Clinic studies conducted in 2010 showed promise for the potential use of a chemical component of green tea (epigallocatechin gallate) in reducing the number of cancer cells in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

It could be something as simple as saying «I'm going to respond to the email at the middle of my inbox to start with,» or if you're a teacher, «I'm choosing to grade these papers because grading these papers would help my university earn money, and that money helps me do cancer research.»

LONDON / ZURICH, May 3 - Roche has won a reprieve an expected deluge of cheaper versions of its biotech cancer drugs as U.S. regulators knocked back a biosimilar form of rituximab from Swiss rival Novartis.

Genmab has morphed from a cash - burning operation into a profitable business especially due to the success of blood cancer drug Darzalex, on which it is paid a royalty of 12 to 20 percent on sales of the drug.

• Alliance HealthCare Services, which is owned by Tahoe Investment Group, agreed to acquire e + CancerCare, a Nashville, Tenn. - based provider of cancer care services.

Revenue from the cancer drug accounted for nearly 15 percent of Merck's total sales, helped by its expanded approval to treat various forms of cancer.