Sentences with phrase «other tumors in their bodies»

The shots trigger the animals» immune system to eliminate not only the injected tumors, but also other tumors in their bodies.

Not exact matches

You need to stop immediately on the side with the tumor, in case rogue cancer cells make it into your daughter's body, and then gradually stop on the other side.»

Scientists have uncovered how tumor cells in aggressive uterine cancer can switch disguises and spread so quickly to other parts of the body.

The focus of those hopes is the liquid biopsy: a test that could detect and analyze a solid tumor from biomarkers in the bloodstream or other easily sampled body fluids, such as saliva.

Breast cancer tumors can fuse with blood vessel cells, allowing clumps of cancer cells to break away from the main tumor and ride the bloodstream to other locations in the body, suggests preliminary research.

Once they have consumed all the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer cells travel to other parts of the body (metastasize) to find more nourishment.

It's this «immunosuppressive» microenvironment that gives the remaining tumor cells license to metastasize and flourish in other parts of the body.

We found that the inflammation unfortunately gets hijacked by tumor cells that are able to grow faster and penetrate deeper because the blood vessels in the brain are more permeable than in any other part of the body.

Tumors that originate in other organs of the body and spread to the brain are known as metastatic brain tTumors that originate in other organs of the body and spread to the brain are known as metastatic brain tumorstumors.

Dr. Massagué is particularly interested in the ability of tumor cells to hug blood vessels, as he suspects this behavior may be essential for the survival of metastatic cancer cells not only in the brain but also in other parts of the body where metastatic tumor growth can occur.

When the scientists inserted human colorectal cancer cells into zebrafish embryos and allowed them to grow for 4 days, the resulting tumors showed three hallmarks of human solid tumors: rapid cell division, formation of blood vessels to supply nutrients, and the ability to spread to other locations in the body.

Conventional therapies target rapidly dividing tumor cells, but are unable to eradicate the highly chemoresistant tumor initiating cells (TICs), ultimately responsible for relapse and spreading of the tumors in other parts of the body.

These devils are suffering from a malady so odd many researchers scarcely thought it possible: One devil's cancer has learned how to survive in other devils» bodies, and that one tumor is now threatening to wipe out an entire species.

It is well established that melanoma cells can spread through the blood to accumulate and form new tumors (metastases) in other parts of the body away from the original tumor.

The primary cause of death from breast cancer is the spread of tumor cells from the breast to other organs in the body.

«But mounting evidence confirming angiotropism and EVMM has revolutionized the knowledge of how cancer spreads through the body to the point that other scientists have confirmed the process in other solid tumor cell types such as pancreatic cancer.»

The treatment manipulates our natural defenses to fight off the tumor in the same way it has been trained to attack other foreign invaders in our body.»

Metastasis (the spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body) to the ovaries can result in Krukenberg tumors.

Only a few cells in a cancerous tumor are able to break away and spread to other parts of the body, but the curve along the edge of the tumor may play a large role in activating these tumor - seeding cells, according to a new University of Illinois study.

Gartner's group plans to use the technique to investigate what cellular or structural changes in mammary glands can lead to the breakdown of tissue architecture associated with tumors that metastasize, invading other parts of the body and threatening the life of the patient.

Cancer researchers are just beginning to investigate the extent and significance of genetic differences among tumor cells — either cells within a discrete tumor or between a primary tumor and metastases in other parts of the body.

This allows cancer cells to break off from tumors, spread throughout the body (in blood or other fluid) and form new tumors at distant sites — a process called metastasis.

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.

In experiments with mice, the nanoparticle - based therapy not only wiped out the original targeted breast cancer tumors, but metastases in other parts of the body as welIn experiments with mice, the nanoparticle - based therapy not only wiped out the original targeted breast cancer tumors, but metastases in other parts of the body as welin other parts of the body as well.

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.

The increase in medical radiation exposure (from 0.53 mSv to 3.0 mSv) stemmed primarily from a rise in the use of computer tomography (CT) scans (which use x-rays to create cross sectional images of inside the body to spot tumors, clogged arteries, among other things), and nuclear imaging tests, which involve injecting radioactive chemicals into the bloodstream that can be picked up by special instruments and used to create images of the body's inner structures.

This is contradictory to the common concept that cancer cells undergo a series of mutations in the course of tumor growth to acquire the ability to leave the primary site of the tumor and start migrating to other parts of the body.

«A growing body of evidence suggests that exosomes can facilitate crosstalk between cancer cells and other types of cells that are nearby in the microenvironment that surrounds the tumor,» said Hongyun Zhao, the first author of the eLife study.

Carbonic anhydrase IX helps regulate pH in and around cancer cells, allowing tumors to thrive and potentially metastasize to other parts of the body.

Thoracic Oncology — Lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma, thymoma and thymic carcinoma, small cell cancer in other body sites, chest sarcomas, pulmonary carcinoid tumors, other rare thoracic cancers

Tumors in low - oxygen environments tend to be more resistant to therapy and spread more aggressively to other parts of the body.

That, in turn, generates free radicals — unstable molecules that can damage DNA, creating additional mutations that allow the tumor to become more invasive, infiltrating tissues and migrating to other parts of the body.

Dr. Sadelain's work has focused on developing novel strategies to extend survival of CAR T cells in the body and enable T cells with increased potency to overcome the resistance imposed by tumor and other cells in the tumor microenvironment.

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.

Metastatic disease refers to cancer that has spread through the blood or lymph system to form new tumors in other parts of the body distinct from the original site.

The anticoagulant property might prevent cancerous cells that break away from tumors from sticking to other areas in the body and growing into metastatic tumors.

In a study published recently in Cell, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP - USP) in Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyIn a study published recently in Cell, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP - USP) in Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin Cell, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto Medical School (FMRP - USP) in Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin Brazil and collaborators in several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin several other countries describe a method that objectively measures the degree of similarity between tumor samples and pluripotent stem cells (cells that can differentiate into nearly any type of tissue in the bodyin the body).

A tumor is cancerous (or malignant) when these abnormal cells invade other parts of the breast or when they spread (or metastasize) to other areas of the body through the bloodstream or lymphatic system, a network of vessels and nodes in the body that plays a role in fighting infection.

For example, a person with stage 1 colorectal cancer may be assigned a grade of T1, N0, M0, meaning that the tumor may have grown into one of the muscle layers in the gastrointestinal tract but hasn't spread to nearby lymph nodes or other, more distant areas of the body.

In some cases, a person with cancer will notice symptoms during the early stages of the disease, but in other instances, the cancer can go unnoticed until the tumor has either grown in size (putting pressure on an organ, for example) or spread to other areas in the bodIn some cases, a person with cancer will notice symptoms during the early stages of the disease, but in other instances, the cancer can go unnoticed until the tumor has either grown in size (putting pressure on an organ, for example) or spread to other areas in the bodin other instances, the cancer can go unnoticed until the tumor has either grown in size (putting pressure on an organ, for example) or spread to other areas in the bodin size (putting pressure on an organ, for example) or spread to other areas in the bodin the body.

While the drug blocks the effect of estrogen in breast tissue or tumors, it can help estrogen do beneficial work in other parts of the body, such as the heart and bones.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

Generally speaking, there are a small number of life - threatening tumors that can spread in the body, a large number of masses that cause damage inside the mouth, and a lot of swellings that are caused by inflammation and can look like other masses.

Tumors like these are «benign,» meaning that even though they may grow slowly in size, they do not spread to other body parts nor invade aggressively into surrounding areas.

In the dog, most tumors of this type are cured by complete surgical removal, but over time a few progress to malignancy and start to spread to other parts of the body (metastasis).

Others may experience new tumors, located in the bladder or in other areas of the body.

The liver is one of the main sites in which metastases from tumors of other parts of the body grow.

Malignant or cancerous tumors can originate in the eye or spread from neoplasms (growths) in other areas of the body.

The tumor is typically found in the long bones of the legs, but given its aggressive nature it will quickly metastasize (spread) to other parts of the body, most commonly the lungs.

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.