Sentences with phrase «of tumor recurrence»

Slightly more than 10 % of all patients who undergo successful surgery for prostate cancer have an elevated risk of tumor recurrence afterwards — especially as metastases.

Cancer stem cells, a type of self - renewing cell found in tumors, are of particular interest because they are the main cell type responsible for tumor progression and for resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and therefore a major cause of tumor recurrence after treatment.

The study demonstrated a trend toward a reduction in the incidence of tumor recurrence in patients who had pelvic RT..

Currently, rising blood levels of prostate - specific antigen (PSA), a protein made by the prostate gland, are used as indicators of tumor recurrence.

Kancera combines industrial and clinical experience with frontline research to target the mechanisms of tumor recurrence and develop candidate drugs for new molecular targets.

Not only did the gene's activation seem to underlie newly diagnosed tumors, but it was also an important driver of tumor recurrence following treatment.

Therefore, all attempts should be made to decrease the likelihood of tumor recurrence.

He is doing great, with no evidence of tumor recurrence or distant spread.

In their paper published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the researchers report that several genetic characteristics of more aggressive tumors were significantly more prevalent in African American patients and appeared to be associated with a greater risk of tumor recurrence.

If the infiltrated cells are in fact differentiated tumor cells, their dissemination beyond the surgical boundary may not be the primary cause of tumor recurrence.

Estrogens stimulate the growth of breast tissue, so in theory, the high estrogen levels associated with pregnancy could raise the risk of tumor recurrence or death in women who have had breast cancer.

«The higher risk of tumor recurrence that we observed among African American women was reduced when controlling for those factors, suggesting that these genomic differences contribute, at least partly, to the known racial disparity in the survival of African American and Caucasian breast cancer patients.»