Sentences with phrase «shrink the tumor so»

The main goal of pre-operative (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy for breast cancer is to shrink tumors so women can have a lumpectomy rather than a more invasive mastectomy.

In certain cases, chemotherapy or radiation therapy might be recommended before surgery in order to shrink the tumor so it can be removed more easily.

According to the National Cancer Institute, radiation therapy helps shrink tumors so the pressure and the pain resulting from that pressure are relieved in the patient.

Not exact matches

«The effective immune response didn't happen in every tumor model we tested, so we still need to figure out exactly what triggered the tumor shrinkage and how to predict which tumors will shrink in response to virotherapy,» said Leddon, who is also working toward her medical and doctoral degrees at the University of Cincinnati.

«So it seems that if you can target CCN1 with a drug, then the tumor will shrink and stop growing.»

So then we blocked it, and the tumors shrank.

So this protocol will not necessarily shrink tumors quickly, but it will get rid of the cancer cells.

(NaturalHealth365) It's official — Turkey Tail mushrooms can boost your immune system so significantly that it may even shrink breast cancer tumors.

So far this year, American Veterinarian ® has reported on immunotherapies that may slow growth or even shrink gliomas in dogs and humans, a liquid biopsy assessment tool to detect tumor cell mutation, and a shared study between the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation and the V Foundation for Cancer Research on the treatment of bladder cancer.

I give a patient chemotherapy an the tumor volume shrinks by 10 %, but I know the doubling time is 4 weeks, so after 3 and a half months I can claim I have killed 100 % of the tumor.