The benefit
of early stage of cancer or carcinoma - in - situ shall be paid only once during the policy term and for its first occurrence only.
5) Lump sum payment: Policyholder will receive 25 % of sum insured on diagnosis
of early stage of cancer or carcinoma - in - situ and 100 % of sum insured (after deducting early stage cancer or carcinoma - in - situ claim paid, if any) on diagnosis of major stage of cancer.
Not exact matches
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.
Intuitive has teamed up with China's Fosun Pharma, for instance, in a joint venture to detect lung
cancers in their
earliest stages, developing a flexible robotic catheter that can navigate into the cavernous regions
of the lungs.
A veteran
of digital imaging technology, in 1999 he founded Quantitative Imaging Corp. (QImaging), a manufacturer
of digital cameras for scientific and industrial uses — the kind, for example, that can detect microscopic,
early -
stage cancer cells.
I think in 10 years, we'll have
cancer tests such that you take them once or twice a year, find out you have
early -
stage cancer, take care
of it
early, and move on.
Phil Knight and OHSU have raised $ 1 billion for the detection
of lethal
cancers in their
early stages.
BioNTech hit the headlines in July when its experimental personalized
cancer vaccine, tailored to the tumors
of individual patients, kept disease in check in an
early -
stage clinical trial.
COPENHAGEN, April 10 Genmab plans to own a bigger share
of drugs in its
early -
stage pipeline as Europe's biggest biotechnology company prepares to reduce its reliance on a blockbuster
cancer drug, marketed by partner Johnson & Johnson.
Juno also has a few other compounds in
early stages of development aimed at treating NHL, pediatric ALL, multiple myeloma, ovarian & breast
cancer, AML, lung
cancer, and more.
On any given day, Canada's leading researchers unravel the mysteries
of biology in state -
of - the - art labs throughout the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower and the Ontario Institute for
Cancer Research;
early -
stage science and technology companies put business plans into action in the MaRS Incubator; organizations across the innovation spectrum grow their businesses in the Heritage Building — the original brick façade
of the old Toronto General Hospital.
«I'm sorry, but f**k
cancer,» Kerr said in France after winning the contest
staged in memory
of LET player Cassandra Kirkland, who died
earlier this year at age 32 from lung
cancer, and just days after former LPGA Tour golfer Kelli Kuehne's mother passed away from the disease.
He had stepped down as Northern Ireland secretary in January because
of ill health after being diagnosed with the
early stages of lung
cancer.
As part
of her treatment, Lee underwent a double mastectomy for
early stage breast
cancer.
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On average, between 2006 - 2010, only 66 %
of the breast
cancer cases in Erie County were diagnosed at an
early stage, so we have a great deal
of room for improvement.»
Colorectal
cancer is largely treatable when detected in the
early stages, but sadly, due to low screening rates, fewer than 40 percent
of cases are caught
early.
«This novel technique,» they said, «should help distinguish and monitor
cancer stages and progression, aid in elucidation
of basic mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis, and facilitate analyses
of processes related to
early detection
of cancer, screening and / or
cancer risk assessment.»
Shown here is an image
of early stage - prostate
cancer where the
cancer cells lack the PTEN and INPP4B genes.
In her opinion, it remains essential to screen aggressively for breast
cancer in hopes
of catching the disease in an
early, treatable
stage.
E. Albert Reece, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., vice president for medical affairs at the University
of Maryland and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor and dean
of the University
of Maryland School
of Medicine, says, «Although we have made tremendous progress in preventing and detecting cervical
cancer in its
earliest stages, we may not have fully understood the incidence among older women and African - American women.
Caetano Reis e Sousa, head
of the immunobiology lab at
Cancer Research UK's London Research Institute, sounds says the work is «exciting» but cautions that it is at an
early stage.
As rates
of skin
cancer, or melanoma, rise for men and women in the United States, health experts are debating the effectiveness
of annual total body examinations in helping to detect the disease in its
earlier stages.
The trial has also included 10 HER -2-negative breast
cancer patients, all
of them in
early stages of the disease.
Scientists investigating the
earliest stages of cancer development used an exquisitely sensitive sequencing method capable
of detecting DNA mutations present in as few as 1.6 per cent
of blood cells, to analyse 15 locations in the genome, which are known to be altered in leukemia.
«Patients diagnosed with
early -
stage prostate
cancer — and that's the vast majority
of patients with this disease — face many treatment options that are thought to be similarly efficacious,» said Ronald C. Chen, MD, MPH, UNC Lineberger member and associate professor in the UNC School
of Medicine Department
of Radiation Oncology.
Co-author Subrata Sen, Ph.D., also a professor
of Molecular Translational Pathology, notes, «These findings are a significant advance considering that there's nothing else available now to detect
early stage pancreatic
cancer that has gone through blinded validations in multiple patient cohorts.»
The marker
of antigens produced by pancreatic
cancer has a low positive predictive value for identifying
early stage disease.
For patients with
early -
stage cancer, this option avoids many
of the side effects associated with removing the prostate or irradiating the entire gland.
The researchers at 30 radiotherapy centres across the UK, led by The Institute
of Cancer Research, London, and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, studied more than 2,000 women aged 50 or over who had early stage breast cancer that was at a low risk of coming
Cancer Research, London, and the
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, studied more than 2,000 women aged 50 or over who had early stage breast cancer that was at a low risk of coming
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, studied more than 2,000 women aged 50 or over who had
early stage breast
cancer that was at a low risk of coming
cancer that was at a low risk
of coming back.
Pancreatic
cancer, the fourth most common cause
of cancer death in the U.S., is usually diagnosed at an advanced
stage because it has few
early warning signs and no established screening method.
Moreover, analysis
of HAND2 methylation in endometrial secretions collected from women with postmenopausal bleeding (which can be a symptom
of endometrial
cancer) accurately identified individuals with
early stage cancer.
In fact, the test picked up only 43 %
of very
early,
stage 1
cancers.
While women with
early stage breast
cancer often are cured
of their disease, they live with surgical consequences throughout survivorship.
This knowledge may lead to the detection
of brain
cancer in its first
stages and permit
early intervention.
Professor Arnie Purushotham,
Cancer Research UK's senior clinical adviser, said: «One of the challenges when treating early stage breast cancer is trying to minimise the side effects that can have a real impact on a woman's life, without affecting the chances of curin
Cancer Research UK's senior clinical adviser, said: «One
of the challenges when treating
early stage breast
cancer is trying to minimise the side effects that can have a real impact on a woman's life, without affecting the chances of curin
cancer is trying to minimise the side effects that can have a real impact on a woman's life, without affecting the chances
of curing her.
«Based on the results
of this study, the side
of origin
of CC [colon
cancer](left vs. right) should be acknowledged as a criterion for establishing prognosis in both
earlier and advanced
stages of disease.
«Adding these two biomarkers provided statistically significant improvement for all
early stage cancer versus healthy controls as well as other subcohorts when used with the current gold standard biomarker, CA 19 - 9,» said Ann Killary, Ph.D., professor
of Translational Molecular Pathology.
Adding two blood - borne proteins associated with
cancer cell migration increases the predictive ability of the current biomarker for pancreatic cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Inst
cancer cell migration increases the predictive ability
of the current biomarker for pancreatic
cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Inst
cancer to detect
early stage disease, a research team from The University
of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Inst
Cancer Center reports in the Journal
of the National
Cancer Inst
Cancer Institute.
As Scientific American reported
earlier this year, more than half
of the current
cancer clinical trials do incorporate some form
of immunotherapy but still oncologists are often only in the
early stages of understanding how to use such treatment on a larger scale.
With obesity rates climbing during the past 20 years within the United States and colon
cancer being the second - leading killer
of men and women in the nation, these facts compelled Fenton and her team to conduct research which could identify the specific biomarkers
of obesity and
early -
stage colon
cancer and help in prevention efforts.
Genetically reprogramming late -
stage human
cancer cells to a stem - cell state enabled them to force the reprogrammed cells to progress to an
early cancerous state, revealing secreted blood biomarkers
of early -
stage disease along the way.
Professor Michael Seckl, lead author from the Department
of Surgery and
Cancer at Imperial said: «Although these are very early - stage results, and are yet to be applied to patients in trials, they suggest the addition of a very cheap diuretic may extend the amount of time we can use the cancer drug erlo
Cancer at Imperial said: «Although these are very
early -
stage results, and are yet to be applied to patients in trials, they suggest the addition
of a very cheap diuretic may extend the amount
of time we can use the
cancer drug erlo
cancer drug erlotinib.
The prevailing theory
of cancer progression — that it's driven by the accumulation
of genetic mutations that increase tumorigenic «fitness» — holds true for the
early stages of cancer progression, but metastases seem to find new ways to increase their fitness, McDonald said.
If detected at
early stages the prognosis is quite favorable; however, aggressive forms
of metastatic prostate
cancer spread primarily to the skeleton.
«This means we can predict which
of the
cancer cells are getting aggressive and spread, at a much
earlier stage than today.»
Cancer Research UK's hunt for finding early stages of aggressive prostate cancer is not
Cancer Research UK's hunt for finding
early stages of aggressive prostate
cancer is not
cancer is not over.
«If we can define the boundaries
of molecular targets in saliva, then we can ask what the constituents in saliva are that can mark someone who has pre-diabetes or the
early stages of oral
cancer or pancreatic
cancer — and we can utilize this knowledge for personalized medicine,» said Dr. David Wong, a senior author
of the research and UCLA's Felix and Mildred Yip Endowed Professor in Dentistry.
The test can help patients and their doctors to be more vigilant about screenings, potentially catching
cancers at their
earliest and more treatable
stages, and to make more informed decisions about therapies that may improve survival and quality
of life.
Scientific American spoke with geneticist and oncologist Amanda Paulovich, director
of the Fred Hutchinson's
Early Detection Initiative, about the work she and her team are doing to find biomarkers that can identify
cancer in its most formative
stages.