Sentences with phrase «on tumor sites»

As in mice, the particles homed in on tumor sites, thanks to a coating of the drug pamidronate, which preferentially binds to degraded sites in bone.

Not exact matches

Since the neurosurgeon said the brain tumor is not currently life threatening, I am not having surgery to remove it this year, but the back and forth and all the doctor's visits and catching up with work has kept me from having the time to do much on this site.

Wong and his lab want to see if edelfosine could be incorporated into future clinical research focused on other tumor sites such as lung, ovarian and pancreatic cancers.

Related sites Hakem and colleagues» Science paper Razqallah Hakem's home page Background on some tumor suppressor genes

Given that breast cancer cells traveling through the bloodstream on their way to secondary sites where breast tumors metastasize most often — lung, bone marrow, brain and liver — must first pass through the basement membrane microvasculature, Ghajar and Bissell suspected that the basement membrane could be a major component of the dormant niche in distant organs.

Though vestibular schwannomas affecting both sides are the hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a genetic disorder causing tumors to grow at multiple sites throughout a person's life, vestibular schwannomas may also occur sporadically, and on one side only.

However, the reality is that nanocarriers may not always reach their intended target in sufficient numbers because of a constraint on their ability to transit through the blood vessel wall at the tumor site, leading the encapsulated drugs to be diverted or lost before they can deliver their payload.

Even a syringe of one's own stem cells taken from one part of the body and squirted into another «may multiply, form tumors, or may leave the site you put them in and migrate somewhere else» the fda warns on its Web site.

Schneck says some scientists have emphasized that response to immunotherapy is largely dependent on whether T - cells are infiltrating the tumor site, but his research suggests that while, «infiltration is important, it's not enough to explain patients» variable responses to immunotherapy drugs.»

They also captured information on the presence of immune cells at the site of the tumor.

«Given the high discrepancy of genetic findings between a primary tumor and metastatic sites within the same patient, our study suggests we should concentrate on metastatic sites that represent the majority of the tumor burden.

TCGA is still worth it, he says, but «the return on the investment [for this cancer] is less than for other tumor sites.»

The Ludwig Center at the University of Chicago --- under the direction of Ralph Weichselbaum, MD, the Daniel K. Ludwig Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology, and Geoffrey Greene, PhD, the Daniel K. Ludwig Professor in the Ben May Cancer Research Institute at the University of Chicago — will focus on metastasis, the process by which cancer cells migrate from a primary tumor to multiple distant sites.

Called «tumor microenvironments of metastasis,» these on - ramps are sites on blood vessels that special immune cells flock to.

«More studies are warranted to confirm the deleterious effect of antibiotic use in large prospective trials and to develop novel diagnostic tools based on gut microbiota in cancer patients, to predict response / resistance to ICIs and identify the key microbiota signatures for each tumor site,» the researchers wrote.

A new multicenter trial focuses on providing precision treatments for rare cancers based on genetics, not tumor site.

The glands lining the inner wall of the colon are the sites for most abnormal cell behavior such as uncontrolled cell growth, which results in polyps (non-cancerous growths) and later on in adenocarcinomas or tumors.

Once tumor cells strike out on their own and metastasize to new sites in the body, drugs and other therapies rarely do more than prolong a patient's life for a few years.

He goes on to say, «One theory is that when patients ingest our Turkey Tail mycelium, the immune system's increased populations of NK cells and their associated CD8 glycoproteins are better able to discover and bind to receptor sites on the stroma of tumors, thus allowing NK invasion.

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In cats, a tumor called a fibrosarcoma will, on rare occasion, occur at the site of vaccinations.

On rare occasions, cats may develop tumors (fibrosarcomas) at the site of any injection, including vaccination.

Treatment depends on a tumor's size, site, biopsy result and differentiation / malignancy.

Problems are usually physical and dependent on the size and site of the tumor.

Tumors can occur anywhere on the body involving haired skin, and have been identified at mucocutaneous junctions as well as in the oral cavity and other mucosal sites.

A dog could have a tumor on just one kidney, if that is the primary site of the cancer.

Radiographic studies showed a presumed hemangiosarcoma growing on the right auricle of his heart, a common site for these tumors).

The biological behavior, prognosis, and treatment of these tumors depends on tumor type, primary site (location), and extent of disease (stage).

Depending on the location of the tumor, radiation is used to prevent the recurrence of tumors near the site where the original tumor was found.

The most common sites of tumor development include the head, pinna, and neck, especially in young dogs.3 More rarely, neoplasms may occur on the trunk and extremities, and frequently involve the feet and toes of older individuals (KSL, personal observation).

Please refer to these tumor diagnosis instructions on the MSU web site for more information regarding getting a confirmed diagnosis.