Sentences with phrase «other sites in the body»

These cancer cells tend to be slow growing, and so the cancer does not spread to other sites in the body as quickly.

Proanthocyanidins are active in other sites in the body as well, and studies suggest cranberries may help reduce tooth decay, may suppress H. pylori infections, a cause of ulcers, and may lower the risk of atherosclerosis by inhibiting platelet aggregation and reducing cholesterol.

Mucosal melanoma is a rare disease, accounting for only 0.03 % of new cancer diagnoses, and it is distinct from melanomas that develop at other sites in the body.

This will determine if the mass is benign (not likely to metastasizeTo spread to other sites in the body by metastasis.)

«Urologists tend to prefer to forgo adjuvant radiation therapy, because they fear the side effects, and radiation oncologists tend to prefer offering adjuvant radiation therapy because they fear the risk of metastasis [cancer spreading to other sites in the body],» Showalter said.

Thus, in addition to being able to colonize other sites in the body via blood vessels, ovarian cancer cells have another way of migrating.

«The discrepancies we found when comparing cfDNA results to primary tumor results suggested that other sites in the body possibly harbored different genetic makeup than the primary tumor, with potential clinically relevant implications on therapeutic decisions,» Bass said.

An immune reaction is less likely in the eye than in other sites in the body, and animal studies have suggested the RPE treatment should be safe.

Mucosal melanoma is a rare disease that is distinct from melanomas arising at other sites in the body.

or malignant (likely to metastasizeTo spread to other sites in the body by metastasis.).

So PSA is great tool after prostatectomy in terms of predicting recurrence if the level starts to climb up again, indicating that the cancer has spread to other sites in the body.

Like pancreatic cancer, cancer of the ovaries is notorious for being discovered at a relatively late stage — after it has spread to other sites in the body.

Acidic conditions are found in inflamed tissue and in growing tumours that are beginning to spread to other sites in the body.

The cell changes, known as an epithelial to mesenchymal transition, or EMT, are normal and helpful during wound healing, but problematic when cancer cells spread from the primary tumor site to other sites in the body.

Forty - thousand people die every year of breast cancer because the disease has spread to other sites in the body.

This method of making larger superparamagnetic crystals paves the way for the development of superparamagnetic bulk materials that can be reliably controlled by moderate external magnetic forces, revolutionizing drug delivery to tumors and other sites in the body that need to be targeted precisely.

He is studying how the childhood brain cancer, known as medulloblastoma, can metastasize from the brain to other sites in the body, specifically the spine.

Other ways soy may help prevent cancer generally is through antioxidant defense, DNA repair, inhibition of cancer growth (angiogenesis), and spread of cancer to other sites in the body (metastasis).

Some forms of cancer have the ability to spread to other sites in the body, which may be far from the original site.

However, for many types of HSA, further treatment after surgery is often necessary because of potential for spread to other sites in the body (metastasis).

Stage I hemangiosarcoma is confined to the spleen but stage III has spread to other sites in the body.