Sentences with phrase «of ovarian tumors»

After the bulk of the ovarian tumors had been removed, the team projected near - infrared light onto the surgical site.

Long term side effects may include increased risk of ovarian tumors.

A Rice University - led analysis of the metabolic profiles of hundreds of ovarian tumors has revealed a new test to determine whether ovarian cancer cells have the potential to metastasize, or spread to other parts of the body.

Rare types of ovarian tumor include the teratoma formed by embryonic germ (primitive) cells that develop abnormally to produce many different tissues.

The investigators noted that one type of drug, a PARP (Poly ADP ribose polymerase) inhibitor, might be able to counteract the DNA repair gene observed in half of the ovarian tumors studied.

The researchers have devised a nanosensor that breaks apart in the presence of ovarian tumor cells and sheds fragments of itself.

Growth inhibition of ovarian tumor - initiating cells by niclosamide.

They all had a type of ovarian tumor called a teratoma.

Studies conducted that year revealed that 75 percent of ovarian tumors studied contained talc particles.

Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Systems Biology of Human Diseases analyzed the metabolic profiles of hundreds of ovarian tumors and discovered a new test to determine whether ovarian cancer cells have the potential to metastasize.

MET is overexpressed in up to 60 % of ovarian tumors and its activation has been implicated in both cancer initiation and in advanced cancers with poor prognosis.

Although CSs comprise only 2 % -5 % of all uterine malignancies and 1 % -2 % of all ovarian tumors, they are responsible for a disproportionate number of deaths due to their high biologic aggressiveness and resistance to standard treatments, such as radiation and chemotherapy.

However, some of these ovarian tumors are so large that the mare must be placed under general anesthesia.