«We treated these three patients with drugs that attack these genetic alterations and
saw tumor shrinkage.
Pai notes cancer patients may
see tumor shrinkage within the first three months on the ketogenic diet.
Not exact matches
The experimental device is being tested in cancer patients to
see whether it can be tuned to accurately measure
tumor shrinkage in response to therapy.
Instead, Schlom says, «what we're
seeing is increases in patient survival, as opposed to
tumor shrinkage.»
«In our Phase I / II clinical studies with PDT alone,
tumor destruction was achieved in all cases, and we've
seen at least one case where PDT alone induced enough
tumor shrinkage to enable follow - up surgery.
Kidney cancer patients may
see long - lasting
tumor shrinkage with immunotherapy, which uses the immune system as a weapon to fight cancer.