Sentences with phrase «prevent tumor metastasis»

This could mean that the approach can also prevent tumor metastasis, the most threatening aspect of cancer.

«Now we're investigating how the protein works in order to be able to develop a drug that could prevent tumor metastasis.»

Inhibition of endothelial FAK activity prevents tumor metastasis by enhancing barrier function.

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According to Irving Weissman of the Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California: «We showed that even after the tumor has taken hold, the antibody can either cure the tumor or slow its growth and prevent metastasis.»

«What we may be looking at,» he adds, «is a future way to prevent metastasis to many organs simultaneously» using drugs that make tumor cells let go of the blood vessels they cling to.

So making cells in the primary tumor softer might be a way to prevent metastasis,» he said.

«If we could prevent development of the new blood vessels in the cancer tissue driven by these signals, tumor growth and metastasis can be slowed down or prevented.»

The safe use of a stem - cell - based therapy against brain metastasis would require preventing the engineered cells from persisting within the brain, where they could affect normal tissue and possibly give rise to new tumors.

5/7/2007 Targeting Sugar on Blood Vessels May Inhibit Cancer Growth In a study that could point to novel therapies to prevent cancer spread, or metastasis, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have targeted a sugar that supports blood vessel growth in the tumor.

The recommended treatment for anal gland tumors is complete surgical excision followed by chemotherapy (e.g. carboplatin or mitoxantrone) in order to prevent or slow the onset of metastasis.

In the event that the prolapse is caused by a tumor, that, of course, will need to be surgically removed to prevent possible cancerous metastasis.