Sentences with phrase «primary tumor removal»

This can be done at the time of the primary tumor removal, shortly thereafter, or later if these nodes enlarge.

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But following the removal of the primary tumor, micrometastatic cells learn to communicate with cells in their new microenvironment in the brain — cells which are, at first, hostile to them.

Glioblastoma is the most lethal form of primary brain tumor and leads to death in patients by invading the brain tissue in a process that allows single cells to move through normal brain tissue, which makes complete surgical removal of the tumor impossible.

Cancer patients without overt metastases appear to be «tumor - free» upon surgical removal of the primary tumor.

Researchers wanted to determine if ipilimumab could improve the survival of advanced - stage melanoma patients if it was given after the surgical removal of both their primary melanoma tumors and their regional lymph nodes.

This hematoxylin and eosin stained slide of a surgically removed (resected) primary pancreatic tumor shows a cluster of immune cells (lymphoid aggregate) observed next to a pancreatic tumor lesion in a patient treated with a GM - CSF vaccine 2 weeks before surgical removal of the primary tumor.

The primary role of surgery is to biopsy and ascertain the diagnosis and, in some circumstances, there's a role for debulking or removal of a significant volume of tumor.

Surgical removal is the primary treatment option but may not always be effective if the tumor has spread beyond the rectum before the signs were noted.

This approach aims to delay and / or prevent the spread of cancer (metastases) following removal of the primary bone cancer tumor (limb amputation) and chemotherapy.

Amputation of the affected limb is the primary method of treatment, since removal of the tumor without the limb often results in a re-occurrence of the problem, although new techniques for tumor only removal are continually being researched.