Sentences with phrase «spread of the cancer»
This could offer a technique to help in the prognosis of metastases, the spreading of cancer cells to other regions of the body, responsible for 90 per cent of deaths from cancer.
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Orange plant foods provide a bounty of beta carotene, an antioxidant that may improve cell communication and help stop the spread of cancer.
The spread of cancer by metastasis is driven by a set of mutant proteins called oncogenes which cause cancer cells to multiply uncontrollably and promotes their ability to move.
Metastasis is the spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body (e.g., brain, liver).
Other researchers have identified dozens of genes, all related to the growth and spread of cancer, that become over - or undermethylated when the disease gets under way.
Swollen lymph nodes are often the earliest sign of metastatic spread of cancer cells.
Most of the 580,000 U.S. cancer deaths each year are caused by complications from the spread of cancer to distant tissues and organs, rather than from the primary tumor itself.
«The possibility of preventing or slowing down the spread of cancer cells via the lymphatic system is an attractive one, as it could reduce the risk of metastasis to other organs.»
When the results were compared with studies in the literature using standard radiocolloid tracers the researchers found that the SN biopsy using tilmanocept provided a high identification rate and low false negative rate for SNs, thus facilitating accurate prediction of the spread of the cancer.
One avenue that may hold great potential is the development of drugs that interfere with interactions between proteins, which are often disrupted during the formation and spread of cancer.
«We know multiple myeloma cells will anchor into bone marrow, and fat cells in the bone marrow will support the growth and spread of the cancer.
UT Southwestern Medical Center cancer researchers have identified a protein critical to the spread of deadly cancer cells and determined how it works, paving the way for potential use in diagnosis and eventually possible therapeutic drugs to halt or slow the spread of cancer.
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have shown that a new targeted treatment could benefit patients with certain pancreatic tumors by preventing spread of the cancer and protecting their heart from damage — a direct result of the tumor.
SOCS2 can suppress the spread of cancer cells.
Right now, there's nothing the scientists can do to stop the spread of the cancer.
The first study will examine these patients over time, in order to analyze other important variables such as melanoma relapse, mortality, resistance to treatment, development of a second melanoma or other cancers, and metastasis, including spread of the cancer to nearby lymph nodes (sentinel nodes).
Scientists at VIB and KU Leuven have discovered a crucial factor in the spread of cancer.
A team led by professor Massimiliano Mazzone has demonstrated that the metabolism of macrophages, a particular type of white blood cell, can be attuned to prevent the spread of cancer.
Therefore, chloroquine can nip the metastatic spreading of cancer cells in the bud, which is the most important therapeutic goal in any tumor treatment.»
«Pre-existing inflammation may promote the spread of cancer.»
In mice, we found that these drugs can sometimes increase the spread of cancer because they hinder glycolysis in macrophages.
On this week's show: A new potential model for the spread of cancer and a roundup of daily news stories.
«Both the natural and the synthetic substances inhibit the growth and spread of cancer stem cells in breast cancer cell lines.
U of G scientists have made a discovery that could reduce the spread of cancer by hindering a protein that binds cancer cells together and allows them to invade tissues.
However, the mechanisms by which tumor cells interact to enhance the spread of cancer remained unclear.
Studying breast and brain cancer cells in a hypoxia incubator, Uniacke and his team discovered that cadherin - 22 is involved in this process to enable the spread of cancer cells.
The FlaB protein probably gets the credit for halting the spread of the cancer, Min and Rhee wrote in an e-mail.
Researchers are investigating whether an injectable known as PV - 10 can shrink tumors and reduce the spread of cancer.
Metastasis (the spread of cancer from its primary site to other places in the body) to the ovaries can result in Krukenberg tumors.
We think it opens up a new avenue of investigation for drug development, guiding surgery, and understanding progression and spreading of cancer,» Kilian said.
While further research is needed to understand the effectiveness of H1.0 protein in preventing the spread of cancer growth, this research advances significantly the study of the mechanisms of cancer stem cells and the relatively new epigenetic approach to cancer research.
As a result, the researchers were able to prevent the growth and malignant spread of the cancer in the animal model and human melanoma cells.
The HPV vaccine prevents the spread of the cancer - causing human papillomavirus.
Yet another study exposes antioxidants» potential to fuel the spread of cancer — this time for antioxidants found in a specific type of antidiabetic medication.
We're hoping that this might lead to the discovery of new drugs to block the spread of cancer within the body.»
«Blocking cells» movement to stop spread of cancer.»
But the actual role of lymph node metastases in the spread of cancer has been controversial, Padera notes.
Prices among 19 brand - name prescription dermatologic drugs increased rapidly between 2009 and 2015, with prices for topical antineoplastic drugs to prevent the spread of cancer cells increasing an average of 1,240 percent, according to an article published online by JAMA Dermatology.
The research offers new options to treat TNBC and insights into the role of stem cells in the spread of cancer.
«Failure to control localized cancer, confined to the prostate, predicts a poor clinical outcome — PSA recurrence, the spread of cancer beyond the prostate and the likelihood of dying from prostate cancer.»
The spread of cancer cells from the initial site of occurrence (primary site) to other secondary tissues is called metastasis, and contributes to poor or limited response of cancer cells to treatments, which results in death.
EPFL scientists, working with colleagues at the Roche Innovation Centers in Munich and Basel, have now identified a molecular «switch» that can convert the «hijacked» macrophages into cells that can stimulate the immune system to fight the growth and spread of cancer.
The patients selected from the Netherlands Cancer Registry had no metastases (spread of the cancer to organs other than the lymph nodes close to the tumour).
The regimen also can reduce the frequency of spread of the cancer, the study found.
Evidence isn't available showing whether the juice fasting Jobs reportedly tried accelerated the spread of cancer cells in his pancreas, and possibly other organs, but Abrams notes that he rarely recommends juicing to the cancer patients he counsels.
Nevertheless, after a median treatment of 10 months, 18 patients improved substantially on the drug, and it arrested the spread of cancer in 11 others.
«Antioxidant use may promote spread of cancer.»
Results from this study could lead to promising new treatments that actively target and control the spread of cancer.
Heparanase dysfunction is linked to the spread of cancers both through the breakdown of this matrix and via the subsequent release of «growth factors» — chemicals that promote tumour development.
It has long been known that the spread of cancer cells from one part of the body to another is an inefficient process in which the vast majority of cancer cells that enter the blood fail to survive.