Not exact matches
Hill - Kayser circled the
target area — only slightly larger than where the
tumor had been — in bright yellow.
As the irradiated
area is smaller, the drug delivery is confined to the
targeted area, resulting in less damage to healthy tissue surrounding the
tumor.
He has over 250 publications in the
areas of signaling by growth factor receptors and oncogenes in breast
tumor cells, development of
targeted therapies and biomarkers of drug action and resistance, and investigator - initiated clinical trials in breast cancer.
Areas of focus include: understanding how tumour - reactive T cells and B cells promote patient survival in cancer; defining the effects of standard treatments on
tumor immunity; and using genomic approaches to identify novel tumour mutations that can serve as
target antigens for immunotherapy.
The
tumor is visualized and a catheter is inserted while watching the image,
targeting areas where a chemotherapy agent is injected directly.