Sentences with phrase «percent of advanced melanoma»

«Metastatic brain tumors — often from lung, breast or skin cancers — are the most commonly observed tumors within the brain and account for about 40 percent of advanced melanoma metastases.

Approximately 50 percent of advanced melanoma tumors are driven to grow by the presence of BRAF mutations and another 20 percent by the presence of NRAS mutations.

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The first such drug, called ipilimumab (Yervoy), developed out of Allison's basic science research, showed much lower response rates against advanced melanoma than those obtained with targeted drugs, but long - term follow - up found that 22 percent of those treated with Yervoy survived at least four years, unprecedented results for the disease.

According to Herlyn, these slow - growing JARID1B cells represent only one to five percent of the cells in a tumor, yet readily divide into the fast - growing cells that are the hallmark of advanced melanoma.

An anti-PD-1 antibody developed by Bristol - Myers Squibb generates excitement with results from a phase I trial showing that, among 236 patients with various types of cancer, the treatment shrank tumors in 28 percent of melanoma patients, 30 percent of patients with kidney cancer, and 18 percent of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.