Sentences with phrase «rare type of tumor»

Among canine benign bone tumors, an Osteoma is a rare type of tumor.

MassGenomics writes about researchers in Canada who decided to try to help an 80 - year - old patient with a rare type of tumor -LSB-...]

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With the approval of the local ethics committee, a 16 - year - old boy with a rare type of liver cancer called fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma was given infusions of 3BP into the blood vessels supplying the tumor, formulated in a proprietary and patented fashion.

Unlike other solid tumors, there has been limited progress in understanding the contribution of genetic risk factors to the development of uveal melanoma, researchers say, primarily due to the absence of comprehensive genetic data from patients as the large sample cohorts for this rare cancer type have not been available for research.

«First drug target identified for children with rare type of brain tumor.»

Results of a phase one trial show that an investigational topical drug, resiquimod gel, causes regression of both treated and untreated tumor lesions and may completely remove cancerous cells from both sites in patients with early stage cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL)-- a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that affects the skin.

Occurrence of this type of tumor on the tongue is exceedingly rare, says author Dr Manisha Biradar.

The Endocrine Society issued a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of two types of rare adrenal tumors — pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas — that can raise the risk of cardiovascular disease and even death if left untreated.

This week, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) unveiled a project on their wish list: a much broader survey of 10,000 tumors per cancer type that would aim to pin down very rare cancer genes.

Tumor profiling can also reveal rare mutations and other changes that make some cancers unusually responsive to targeted drugs — knowledge that can be applied to patients with a variety of cancer types.

While most types of primary brain cancer may spread within the brain, it is rare for a primary brain tumor to spread outside the brain.

There are many good reasons for this, but with low - cost whole genome sequencing I think that we can explore the whole genomes of rare tumor types as well.

Tumors are notoriously heterogeneous — the product of genetic mutations that may be common in a particular type of cancer, or exceedingly rare.

«We found a strong reduction in the risk of estrogen - receptor - negative [ER --RSB- breast cancer in particular, which is exciting because that type of tumor, while rarer than estrogen - receptor - positive [ER +] tumors, tends to be aggressive.»

The list included multiple types of benign tumors, a fatty tumor called a lipoma, and rare metastatic tumors.

Adrenal tumors of all types are rare in cats.

«Titan's tumor ended up being a very rare type of benign kidney tumor,» happily reported Dr. Doyle.

In rare cases a tumor called fibrosarcoma may develop at the injection site, however, this has been found to develop in only specific individuals who are genetically predisposed to form these tumors secondary to any type of infection or inflammation.