Sentences with phrase «other cancer patients also»

The researchers did not give the supplements to 24 other cancer patients also in the study.

Not exact matches

Associate professor Mary - Ellen Taplin, of the Dana - Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA, will tell the 26th EORTC - NCI - AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Barcelona, Spain, that galeterone was well tolerated by patients in the ARMOR2 trial, and also lowered PSA levels in a subset of men with CRPC that was resistant to other drugs that target the cancer, such as enzalutamide and abiratCancer Institute, Boston, USA, will tell the 26th EORTC - NCI - AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Barcelona, Spain, that galeterone was well tolerated by patients in the ARMOR2 trial, and also lowered PSA levels in a subset of men with CRPC that was resistant to other drugs that target the cancer, such as enzalutamide and abiratCancer Therapeutics in Barcelona, Spain, that galeterone was well tolerated by patients in the ARMOR2 trial, and also lowered PSA levels in a subset of men with CRPC that was resistant to other drugs that target the cancer, such as enzalutamide and abiratcancer, such as enzalutamide and abiraterone.

«First mathematical model that predicts immunotherapy success: Researchers also helped craft similar model to predict why some pancreatic cancer patients survive longer than others.»

«Our findings suggest that this new drug combination would also help patients with this type of aggressive breast cancer as well as other cancers, such as lung, prostate and ovarian cancers,» Dr. Rassool says.

Porter will also monitor the patients» long - term health; since they lack healthy B cells, they may require lifelong immunoglobulin to help resist other cancers, immune disorders, and infectious disease.

He also plans a multicenter / multinational study of patients with melanoma or other types of cancer, to examine the effect of long - term CPAP therapy on those also diagnosed with sleep apnea.

«Not only could the test have a major impact on treatment of prostate cancer, but it could also be adapted to open up the possibility of precision medicine to patients with other types of cancer as well.»

Our findings also have important implications for the relatives and other people involved in the healthcare of the young cancer patients.

The researchers also are seeking other potential drug targets in the 50 percent of patients who don't have high levels of the anti-death protein, as well as biomarkers in addition to CA125 that could be used to screen for ovarian cancer.

She also believes the drug could potentially be used for patients with other types of cancer that degrade bones, or for non-cancer-related osteoporosis.

They also analysed the patients» cancers for mutations in two other molecules, one called EGFR which is the target of existing drugs gefitinib and erlotinib, and another called KRAS.

Other interventions not associated with traditional Chinese medicine, including stress management, cognitive behavioral therapy and physical training, also were found to improve quality of life in Chinese cancer patients, the researchers report.

Having only people with head and neck cancers in the study eliminates the variability of a group suffering from different forms of the disease, but it also eliminates information about whether patients with other forms of cancer would show the same results.

The researchers also analyzed the effects of methylnaltrexone on another 135 patients from the same trials who had advanced illnesses other than cancer, such as congestive heart failure, advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or neurologic diseases.

The researchers» study also found that, compared with patients with other cancer types, patients with breast cancer were 3.7 times less likely to develop PTSD at six months, but not at four years.

Tumor profiling can also reveal rare mutations and other changes that make some cancers unusually responsive to targeted drugs — knowledge that can be applied to patients with a variety of cancer types.

The investigational treatment regimen also could prove beneficial to patients with other forms of cancer.

«Agents that block the proteins — CDK4 / 6 inhibitors — have received Food and Drug administration approval for some patients with metastatic breast cancer, but they've also shown promise against others types of tumors in clinical trials.

In the Comer Emergency Department, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, nurses, social workers and other professionals will treat the most complex cases — not only those with traumatic injuries but also patients with all types of severe illnesses who need emergency specialty care, including patients with congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, cancer and neurological disorders.

Depending on characteristics such as how many tumor cells, blood vessel cells, and immune cells are touching each other, the tumor microenvironment can nearly triple the chance that a common type of breast cancer (estrogen - receptor positive / HER2 negative) that has reached the lymph nodes will also metastasize, Condeelis and colleagues showed in a 2014 study of 3,760 patients.

He continues to investigate and optimize CAR T cell therapy, to make it more effective not only for blood cancers, but also to help patients with other types of cancer.

In 2005, the identification of an activating mutation in JAK2 (the V617F mutation) as a STAT5 - activating and disease - causing genetic alteration in a significant proportion of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) has emphasized the oncogenic role of the JAK tyrosine kinases in hematologic malignancies.2 — 5 JAK2 is a member of the Janus tyrosine kinase family comprising three other mammalian non-receptor tyrosine kinases (JAK1, JAK3 and TYK2) that associate with cytokine receptors lacking intrinsic kinase activity to mediate cytokine - induced signal transduction and activation of STAT transcription factors.6 All JAKs share a similar protein structure and contain a tyrosine kinase domain at the C - terminus flanked by a catalytically inactive pseudokinase domain with kinase - regulatory activity, by an atypical SH2 domain and by a FERM domain that mediates association to the membrane - proximal region of the cytokine receptors.7, 8 Soon after the discovery of JAK2 V617F, we and others described that activating JAK1 mutations are relatively common in adult patients with T - cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and participate in ALL development allowing for constitutive activation of STAT5.9 — 11 Several STAT5 - activating JAK1 mutations were also reported in AML and breast cancer patients.10

If successful, this precision medicine approach may not only benefit metastatic melanoma patients, but could also serve as a model for other types of cancers.

Long used to rebuild the immune systems of cancer patients, scientists discovered that they also have the capacity to grow into heart muscle, blood vessels and other tissues — at least under certain laboratory conditions.

For more than 50 years, Dr. Bertino, who is also a university professor of medicine and pharmacology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, has taken care of thousands of patients with lymphoma and other blood cancers, while also trying to unlock the mysteries of these diseases through research.

The Empower bra was developed with input from two - time breast cancer survivor Kimberly Jewett (who also models the bra on the brand's website) and wear - tested by several other breast cancer patients.

«This is going to open up a new opportunity for patients, and also for further research,» said Dr. Edith Perez, chairwoman of the breast cancer clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. «It has some limitations in that it was done only in premenopausal women, but it is consistent with other studies that have been reported with other drugs in that same class.»

Armstrong's photo has received more than 130 comments so far, many of them from other breast cancer patients who said they also noticed unusual dimples before their diagnosis.

L - glutamine is also used in the medical world for many other reasons, one being as a protection for the immune system in patients undergoing cancer treatment such as radiotherapy.

Silva says previous research suggests that screening behaviors for other types of cancer, including colorectal and cervical, have also improved since the ACA made preventive services (like colonoscopies and Pap tests) free for patients.

Miles says 44 % say managing chronic conditions is the most important patient navigation challenge they face: in addition to dealing with their own chronic conditions, many also are caregiving for aging parents or other loved ones that may be afflicted with one or more chronic conditions, such as diabetes, cancer or heart disease

outpatient clinic treats patients with blood cancers and other blood disorders while also offering nontraditional services like stem cell banking for babies and adults, an increasingly popular procedure promising future dividends that are unproven and uncertain.

Skin conditions can be harmless to other pets and / or people in the home, but they may also be the result of infectious or ectoparasitic agents that may be contagious to other pets in the home or even people, especially the very young, the elderly, or immune suppressed people (such as cancer and HIV patients).

History also teaches us the greatest advances in medicine have come from scientific breakthroughs, whether the discovery of antibiotics, or improved public health practices, vaccines for smallpox and polio and many other infectious diseases, antiretroviral drugs that can return AIDS patients to productive lives, pills that can control certain types of blood cancers, so many others.

We also work with oncologists and other doctors who understand the severity and life - risks for ovarian cancer patients.

They also found that Actos users with type II diabetes that were taking the drug for the first time had an 83 % greater risk of developing bladder cancer than other patients.

For example, Chinese caregivers displayed a tendency for collective decision - making regarding important decisions, adopted a fatalistic explanation for the care recipients» illness, experienced a sense of guilt and shame, 16, 17 and had reservations in expressing their feelings to avoid placing unnecessary burden on other family members.16, 18 Familial obligation to care for the family member with cancer was also emphasised.19 Distress was often experienced in terms of physical symptoms, and emotional coping involved the strategy of endurance.17 Since these culturally derived attitudes and perceptions frame the caregiving experience, interventions that are culturally sensitive, patient - centred and theoretically motivated have been advocated.20

The bill would also block access to birth control, cancer screenings, STD tests and other care for the more than 5,500 Title X patients and nearly 2,000 Medicaid patients served by Planned Parenthood in Florida.

In addition to hormone therapy services, please know that well - checks, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), clinical breast exams, cervical cancer screenings and HPV vaccines, pregnancy testing, abortion care, and other healthcare services are also available for transgender patients.

In addition to hormone therapy services, please know that well - checks, STD testing and treatment, HIV testing, clinical breast exams, cervical cancer screenings, pregnancy testing, abortion care, and other healthcare services are also available for transgender patients.

Marie McInerney writes: A New Zealand study that aims to look at how and why cancer patients miss out on curative treatment because they also suffer other chronic conditions, such as diabete... Read more

The center will incorporate diagnostic imaging technology with a separate entrance so that it can be used not only by cancer patients but also by other ProHealth patients who need imaging services.