Sentences with phrase «often shrink tumors»

While most of these claims were unfounded, radium treatment could often shrink tumors, extending the lives of cancer patients.

Not exact matches

Doctors use chemotherapy to try to shrink them, but because the pancreatic tumor doesn't have that many blood vessels, the drugs don't often reach the tumor in the desired concentration.

However, what often occurs during these treatment plans is an initial shrinking of the tumor, indicating that they are seemingly on the correct path, followed by tumor regrowth despite the patients are receiving.

Advanced Cancers Destined to Return After Single Drug Therapies Targeted cancer cell therapies using man - made proteins dramatically shrink many tumors in the first few months of treatment, but new research from Johns Hopkins scientists finds why the cells all too often become resistant, the treatment stops working, and the disease returns.

May 16, 2018 • An aggressive type of breast cancer — a HER2 - positive tumor — often shrinks with Herceptin treatment, but side effects can be tough.

Tumor size seems to reduce more rapidly with SRT, often shrinking by 50 % or more within the first 3 - 4 months after treatment.