For example, knowing that IL - 37 helps to create overall immune system sensitivity could allow researchers to manipulate IL - 37 levels to sensitize the immune system to recognize and
target tumor tissue, or desensitize the immune system in auto - immune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis in which the immune system acts over-aggressively toward healthy tissue.
Not exact matches
Unlike conventional chemotherapies and radiation that indiscriminately eradicate fast - growing
tissues and ravage people's bodies with side effects, new therapies specifically
target tumors using tailored cells from individual patients.
These responses should
target only
tumors and not normal
tissues, resulting in low toxicity.
For example, an MDM2 -
targeting drug shrank deep -
tissue fat cell
tumors in just one out of 20 patients in a phase I safety trial, published in 2012.
Researchers said the importance of collecting
tissue samples from recurrent
tumors will grow as more
targeted therapies become available.
The advantage of proton therapy is that there may be a procedure I could undergo in the future that uses
targeted radiation to
target the tumorous
tissue and that could potentially kill off my
tumor.
Because those organoids include stroma, a scaffold of connective
tissue essential for
tumor growth, they may prove better for studying therapies that
target the stroma, such as cancer immunotherapy.
But our «taxi» kept the «passengers» — and the rest of the body — safe the whole way,
targeting only the
tumor tissue.
Reactivation of HBV may occur with chemotherapy, organ and
tissue transplantation, High dose corticosteroids, and biologicals
targeting tumor necrosis factor - alpha (TNF - α), Anti-TNF medications are used in treating rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, digestive conditions that include Crohn's and colitis, and dermatologic conditions, such as psoriasis.
Therapeutics
targeted to
tumors, for example, should be delivered only to the
tumor and not to surrounding
tissues.
Keytruda is the first approved drug that
targets tumors with specific biomarkers, rather than based solely on their
tissue origin (i.e. breast, lung, or colon).
It is likely that a similar mechanism operates during cancer invasion, which suggests a promising alternative in which cancer treatments might work in the future, if therapies can be
targeted to limit the
tissue fluidity of
tumors.
Importantly, without any prior knowledge from the analysis of
tumor tissue, 76 % of «actionable» mutations (genetic changes that can be matched to an approved
targeted therapy or one being tested in clinical trials) detected in
tissue were also detected in blood.
In their search for novel,
tumor - specific therapies that could
target multiple brain metastases without damaging adjacent
tissues, the research team first developed a mouse model that more closely mimics what is seen in patients.
According to McKenna, this makes it a prime
target for anti-cancer drugs that would cause little or no side effects to healthy
tissue surrounding the
tumor.
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.
The findings, published online the week of March 21 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrate that nanoparticle - based therapies can act as a «precision medicine» for
targeting tumors while leaving healthy
tissue intact.
A team of researchers led by Caltech scientists has shown that nanoparticles can function to
target tumors while avoiding adjacent healthy
tissue in human cancer patients.
For more information regarding Bristol - Myers Squibb Clinical Trial participation, please visit www.BMSStudyConnect.com Inclusion Criteria: • Early stage IB - IIIA, operable non-small cell lung cancer, confirmed in
tissue • Lung function capacity capable of tolerating the proposed lung surgery • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status of 0 - 1 • Available
tissue of primary lung
tumor Exclusion Criteria: • Presence of locally advanced, inoperable or metastatic disease • Participants with active, known or suspected autoimmune disease • Prior treatment with any drug that
targets T cell co-stimulations pathways (such as checkpoint inhibitors) Other protocol defined inclusion / exclusion criteria could apply
New and innovative technology would use radiation beams to
target tumors and leave healthy
tissue intact.
With highly precise image - guided treatment delivery, we can
target the radiation on the
tumor and avoid healthy
tissue more successfully than ever before.
The failure in pancreatic cancer treatment is main due to the presence of a dense and poorly vascularized stroma that increase the drug clearance in the
tumors rather than the healthy
tissues, decreasing drug bioavailability in the
target tissue and leading to significant side effects.
The
targeted drug delivery appears to be a very promising strategy for controlling the biodistribution of the cytotoxic agent only on malignant
tissues by linking it to
tumor -
targeting moiety.
Other radiation treatments that require
targeting the
tumor from an external source, which exposes healthy
tissues and limits how high a dose can be safely delivered.
«To our knowledge, this is the first naked RNA nanoparticles to have been comprehensively examined pharmacologically in vivo and demonstrated to be safe, as well as deliver itself to
tumor tissues by a specific
targeting mechanism,» he says.
The Center for Cancer
Targeted Therapies (C2T2) integrates a phase I - Ib / early clinical trials program, a precision cancer medicine infrastructure with expertise on
tumor tissue - based state - of - the - art molecular methods, and a core resource with novel non-invasive functional imaging methods.
This includes the generation of animal models containing patient - derived
tumor tissue to evaluate the sensitivity of genomically
targeted drugs.
«Therefore,» the authors wrote, «FABP4 emerges as an excellent
target in the treatment of intra-abdominally disseminating
tumors, which preferentially metastasize to adipose
tissue such as ovarian, gastric, and colon cancers.»
Because viruses have evolved such effective methods for finding their
target and utilizing the host cells» own molecular machinery, scientists are modifying viruses into long - lasting therapeutic vehicles that can deliver drugs to specific cells or
tissues or selectively
target and destroy
tumors.
Because the
tumor specificity of NSC - mediated immunotherapy is endowed by the NSCs, antigens on
tumor cells can likely be safely
targeted, regardless of whether they are present in healthy
tissues.
The innovation could let doctors
target tumors with anticancer drugs that might otherwise damage healthy
tissues.
The spice
targets only cancerous cells causing them to self - destruct by destroying the mitochondria that power the rapidly growing
tumor tissue.
The linear accelerator (LINAC) uses high energy
targeted x-ray beams to treat many types of cancer, including nasal
tumors, oral
tumors, soft
tissue sarcomas, and brain
tumors.
The robotic arm allows movement around the animal in order to
target a
tumor and spare normal surrounding
tissue.
At UW Veterinary Care, we have a TomoTherapy radiation delivery system which
targets radiation to the
tumor while sparing the surrounding normal
tissues from side effects.